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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a temporary exemption for a school district from the |
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obligation to comply with certain unfunded state educational |
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mandates. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 11, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 11.005 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 11.005. EXEMPTION FROM CERTAIN STATE EDUCATIONAL |
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MANDATES. (a) In this section, "state educational mandate" means a |
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statutory provision the implementation of which requires an |
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expenditure by a school district that would not have been required |
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in the absence of the statutory provision or a rule adopted under |
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that provision. |
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(b) For the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 school years, a school |
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district is exempt from the following state educational mandates |
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for which the legislature has not appropriated money estimated to |
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be sufficient to meet the expenditure required by the mandate: |
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(1) the following provisions of the Education Code: |
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(A) Section 11.158(b)(7); |
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(B) Section 25.112; |
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(C) Section 28.002(c-1); |
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(D) Section 28.0021; |
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(E) Section 28.0023; |
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(F) Section 28.0024(c); |
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(G) Section 28.004(k); |
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(H) Section 28.006; |
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(I) Section 28.009; |
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(J) Section 28.016; |
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(K) Section 28.0211; |
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(L) Section 28.0212; |
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(M) Section 28.02121; |
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(N) Section 28.0213; |
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(O) Section 28.0217; |
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(P) Section 29.022; |
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(Q) Subchapter D, Chapter 29; |
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(R) Section 29.153(e); |
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(S) Section 29.161(d); |
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(T) Section 29.918; |
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(U) Section 33.007; |
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(V) Sections 38.014 and 38.0141; |
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(W) Sections 38.101-38.103; |
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(X) Section 39.025(b-1); |
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(Y) Section 39.053(c)(4)(B)(ii)(b); |
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(Z) Section 39.083(d)(1); and |
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(AA) Section 42.156(b); |
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(2) any state educational mandate enacted after |
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January 1, 2017, in the Education Code for which the legislature has |
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not appropriated sufficient money to meet the required expenditure |
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by the school district; |
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(3) the following provisions of the Health and Safety |
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Code: |
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(A) Sections 361.425 and 361.426; and |
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(B) Sections 382.202 and 382.203; and |
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(4) Section 1951.212, Occupations Code. |
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(c) This section expires September 1, 2020. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2017. |