Bill Text: TX SB306 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to consideration of a student receiving treatment in a residential facility for public school accountability purposes.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [SB306 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB306-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 306 | ||
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| relating to consideration of a student receiving treatment in a | ||
| residential facility for public school accountability purposes. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 39.055, Education Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 39.055. STUDENT ORDERED BY A JUVENILE COURT OR STUDENT | ||
| IN RESIDENTIAL FACILITY NOT CONSIDERED FOR ACCOUNTABILITY | ||
| PURPOSES. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code except | ||
| to the extent otherwise provided under Section 39.054(f), for | ||
| purposes of determining the performance of a school district, [ |
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| campus, or open-enrollment charter school under this chapter, a | ||
| student ordered by a juvenile court into a residential program or | ||
| facility operated by or under contract with the Texas Juvenile | ||
| Justice Department [ |
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| any student who is receiving treatment in a residential facility is | ||
| not considered to be a student of the school district in which the | ||
| program or facility is physically located or of an open-enrollment | ||
| charter school, as applicable. The performance of such a student on | ||
| an assessment instrument or other student achievement indicator | ||
| adopted under Section 39.053 or reporting indicator adopted under | ||
| Section 39.301 shall be determined, reported, and considered | ||
| separately from the performance of students attending a school of | ||
| the district in which the program or facility is physically located | ||
| or an open-enrollment charter school, as applicable. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014 | ||
| school year. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 306 passed the Senate on | ||
| March 13, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 306 passed the House on | ||
| May 22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
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| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
