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AN ACT
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relating to the consideration for public school accountability |
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purposes of certain students who reside in a state hospital and |
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receive educational services provided by a school district. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 39, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 39.0552 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 39.0552. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN SCHOOL |
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DISTRICT AND STATE HOSPITAL FOR ACCOUNTABILITY PURPOSES. A |
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memorandum of understanding between a school district and a state |
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hospital under which the district provides educational services to |
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a student who resides in the state hospital must provide that the |
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school district include the performance of the student on an |
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assessment instrument or other achievement indicator adopted under |
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Section 39.053 or a reporting indicator adopted under Section |
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39.301 in determining the performance of that school district. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies to a memorandum of |
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understanding entered into between a school district |
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and a state |
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hospital before, on, or after the effective date of this Act. A |
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memorandum of understanding entered into before the effective date |
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of this Act must be amended as soon as practicable after the |
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effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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______________________________ |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2210 was passed by the House on May 8, |
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2019, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 2210 on May 24, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 2, |
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3 present, not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2210 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |