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Enrolled Bill Summary

Enrolled Bill Summary

Legislative Session: 87(R)

House Bill 572

House Author:  Dutton

Effective:  6-14-21

Senate Sponsor:  Lucio et al.


            House Bill 572 amends the Education Code to classify a student who is under 26 years of age and is enrolled in a dropout recovery school as a "student at risk of dropping out of school" for purposes of a public school district's provision of compensatory, intensive, and accelerated instruction.

House Bill 572 also requires the Texas Education Agency (TEA) to conduct a study on the implementation of competency-based educational programs by public schools and to report the results to the legislature. Implementation by TEA of the bill's provisions relating to the study is mandatory only if a specific appropriation is made for that purpose.