TITLE: Relating to a public school student's eligibility for a public education grant to attend another public school.

SUMMARY: Relating to a public school student's eligibility for a public education grant to attend another public school.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to a public school student's eligibility for a public education grant to attend another public school. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 29.202(a), Education Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) A student is eligible to receive a public education grant or to attend another public school in the district in which the student resides under this subchapter if the student is assigned to attend a public school campus: (1) at which 50 percent or more of the students did not perform satisfactorily on an assessment instrument administered under Section 39.023(a) or (c) in any two of the preceding three years; or (2) that [ at any time] in either of the preceding two years was assigned a rating of unacceptable performance [three years, failed to satisfy any standard] under Section 39.054 [39.054(e)].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.