Bill Text: TX SB328 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to public school class size limits.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-30 - Referred to Education [SB328 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB328-Introduced.html
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By: Burton | S.B. No. 328 |
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relating to public school class size limits. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 25.112(a) and (d), Education Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Except as otherwise authorized by this section, a school | ||
district may not enroll at a campus in classes in the kindergarten, | ||
first, second, third, or fourth grade levels more than a | ||
campus-wide average in each of those grade levels of 22 students per | ||
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That limitation does not apply during: | ||
(1) any 12-week period of the school year selected by | ||
the district, in the case of a district whose average daily | ||
attendance is adjusted under Section 42.005(c); or | ||
(2) the last 12 weeks of any school year in the case of | ||
any other district. | ||
(d) On application of a school district, the commissioner | ||
may except the district from the limit in Subsection (a) for the | ||
school year if the commissioner finds the limit works an undue | ||
hardship on the district. An exception expires at the end of the | ||
school year for which it is granted. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 25.113(a), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) A campus or district that is granted an exception under | ||
Section 25.112(d) from class size limits shall provide written | ||
notice of the exception to the parent of or person standing in | ||
parental relation to each student affected by the exception. The | ||
notice must be in conspicuous bold or underlined print and: | ||
(1) specify the grade level [ |
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exception from the limit imposed by Section 25.112(a) was granted; | ||
(2) state the number of children in each [ |
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the grade level for which the exception was granted; and | ||
(3) be included in a regular mailing or other | ||
communication from the campus or district, such as information sent | ||
home with students. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 | ||
school year. | ||
SECTION 4. 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, 2017. |