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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a requirement to report through the Public Education |
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Information Management System the number of students transported |
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from a school district or open-enrollment charter school for a |
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mental health emergency detention. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 48.009(b), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) The commissioner by rule shall require each school |
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district and open-enrollment charter school to report through the |
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Public Education Information Management System information |
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regarding: |
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(1) the number of students enrolled in the district or |
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school who are identified as having dyslexia; |
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(2) the availability of school counselors, including |
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the number of full-time equivalent school counselors, at each |
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campus; |
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(3) the availability of expanded learning |
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opportunities as described by Section 33.252 at each campus; |
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(4) the total number of students, other than students |
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described by Subdivision (5), enrolled in the district or school |
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with whom the district or school, as applicable, used intervention |
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strategies, as that term is defined by Section 26.004, at any time |
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during the year for which the report is made; [and] |
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(5) the total number of students enrolled in the |
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district or school to whom the district or school provided aids, |
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accommodations, or services under Section 504, Rehabilitation Act |
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of 1973 (29 U.S.C. Section 794), at any time during the year for |
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which the report is made; and |
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(6) the total number of students, including the |
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students' age, race, and gender, transported from the school |
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district or open-enrollment charter school for an emergency |
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detention under Chapter 573, Health and Safety Code, at any time |
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during the year for which the report is made. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with 2021-2022 school |
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year. |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2021. |