83R23354 EAH-D
 
  By: Springer, Laubenberg, Bonnen of Brazoria, H.B. No. 1568
      Smithee, Harper-Brown, et al.
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1568:
 
  By:  Huberty C.S.H.B. No. 1568
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the accreditation status and eligibility for funding
  under the Foundation School Program of a district that knowingly
  violates the Texas Constitution.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 39, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 39.0521 to read as follows:
         Sec. 39.0521.  REVOCATION OF ACCREDITATION FOR VIOLATING THE
  TEXAS CONSTITUTION. (a) If the attorney general determines that a
  school district knowingly violated a provision of the Texas
  Constitution, the commissioner shall revoke the accreditation of
  the district and order the closure of the district.
         (b)  If the commissioner revokes the accreditation of a
  school district as provided by Subsection (a), the district may not
  receive funds from the agency.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.