TO:	Honorable Senfronia Thompson, Chair, House Committee on Youth Health & Safety, Select
FROM:	Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB185 by González, Mary (Relating to the inclusion of chronically absent students as students at risk of dropping out of school and the collection and reporting of data regarding those students.), As Introduced

Local Government Impact

School districts would use existing attendance data to track chronically absent student and report to TEA, and identify a student as at-risk of dropping out of school if flagged as chronically absent.