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Senate Bill 879 |
Senate Author: Lucio |
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Effective: 5-24-21 |
House Sponsor: Dutton |
Senate Bill 879 amends the Education Code to revise the criteria that qualify a public school district, an open‑enrollment charter school, or a district or charter school campus for designation as a dropout recovery school for public school system accountability purposes. The bill changes the student population criterion applicable to a district, charter school, or campus serving grades 9 through 12 to require at least 60 percent of the enrolled students to be 16 years of age or older. The bill establishes that a district, charter school, or campus that does not meet that student population criterion may, alternatively, apply for and receive the designation according to commissioner of education rule. For a charter school or charter school campus, the bill's change to the student population criterion also applies to dropout recovery school designation for purposes of evaluation for charter renewal.