Bill Text: TX HB1159 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to repeal on a periodic basis of the provisions of Titles 1 and 2 of the Education Code to provide for legislative review of the primary state statutes governing public education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-01 - Referred to Public Education [HB1159 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB1159-Introduced.html
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| By: Eissler | H.B. No. 1159 | |
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| relating to repeal on a periodic basis of the provisions of Titles 1 | ||
| and 2 of the Education Code to provide for legislative review of the | ||
| primary state statutes governing public education. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. (a) Effective September 1, 2013, Chapters 1, 4, | ||
| 5, 7, 8, 11, 13, and 30, Education Code, are repealed. | ||
| (b) Effective September 1, 2015, Chapters 34, 41, 42, 43, | ||
| 44, 45, and 46, Education Code, are repealed. | ||
| (c) Effective September 1, 2017, Chapters 12, 21, and 22, | ||
| Education Code, are repealed. | ||
| (d) Effective September 1, 2019, Chapters 18, 19, 25, 26, | ||
| 28, 29, 30A, 31, 32, 33, 37, and 38, Education Code, are repealed. | ||
| (e) Effective September 1, 2021, Chapter 39, Education | ||
| Code, is repealed. | ||
| SECTION 2. (a) The purpose of the repeal of chapters of the | ||
| Education Code by Section 1 of this Act is to provide the | ||
| legislature with the opportunity to carefully review each | ||
| provision of Titles 1 and 2, Education Code, in order to determine: | ||
| (1) which individual provisions should: | ||
| (A) be saved from repeal during the regular | ||
| legislative session before the date repeal is to take effect; and | ||
| (B) remain unmodified as part of the code; | ||
| (2) which individual provisions should be saved from | ||
| repeal during the regular legislative session before the date | ||
| repeal is to take effect but should be amended to make the provision | ||
| or the public education system in this state more effective; and | ||
| (3) which individual provisions should be repealed in | ||
| accordance with Section 1 of this Act. | ||
| (b) The Texas Education Agency and the Legislative Budget | ||
| Board shall assist the legislature in reviewing and shall make | ||
| recommendations to the legislature concerning the provisions of | ||
| Titles 1 and 2, Education Code. | ||
| 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, 2011. | ||
