By Truan S.B. No. 561
75R316 CAS-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to Texas Education Agency reporting concerning certain
1-3 delinquent conduct by public school students.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 39.182(a), Education Code, is amended to
1-6 read as follows:
1-7 (a) The agency shall prepare and deliver to the governor,
1-8 the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of
1-9 representatives, each member of the legislature, the Legislative
1-10 Budget Board, and the clerks of the standing committees of the
1-11 senate and house of representatives with primary jurisdiction over
1-12 the public school system a comprehensive report covering the
1-13 preceding two school years and containing:
1-14 (1) an evaluation of the achievements of the state
1-15 educational program in relation to the statutory goals for the
1-16 public education system under Section 4.002;
1-17 (2) an evaluation of the status of education in the
1-18 state as reflected by the academic excellence indicators adopted
1-19 under Section 39.051;
1-20 (3) a summary compilation of overall student
1-21 performance on academic skills assessment instruments required by
1-22 Section 39.023, aggregated by grade level, subject area, campus,
1-23 and district, with appropriate interpretations and analysis and
1-24 disaggregated by race, ethnicity, sex, and socioeconomic status;
2-1 (4) an evaluation of the correlation between student
2-2 grades and student performance on academic skills assessment
2-3 instruments required by Section 39.023;
2-4 (5) a statement of the dropout rate of students in
2-5 grade levels 7 through 12, expressed in the aggregate and by grade
2-6 level;
2-7 (6) a statement of the projected cross-sectional and
2-8 longitudinal dropout rates for grade levels 7 through 12 for the
2-9 next five years, assuming no state action is taken to reduce the
2-10 dropout rate;
2-11 (7) a description of a systematic plan for reducing
2-12 the projected cross-sectional and longitudinal dropout rates to
2-13 five percent or less for the 1997-1998 school year;
2-14 (8) a summary of the information required by Section
2-15 29.083 regarding grade level retention of students;
2-16 (9) a list of each school district or campus that does
2-17 not satisfy performance standards, with an explanation of the
2-18 actions taken by the commissioner to improve student performance in
2-19 the district or campus and an evaluation of the results of those
2-20 actions;
2-21 (10) an evaluation of the status of the curriculum
2-22 taught in public schools, with recommendations for legislative
2-23 changes necessary to improve or modify the curriculum required by
2-24 Section 28.002;
2-25 (11) a description of all funds received by and each
2-26 activity and expenditure of the agency;
2-27 (12) a summary and analysis of the compliance of
3-1 school districts with administrative cost ratios set by the
3-2 commissioner under Section 42.201, including any improvements and
3-3 cost savings achieved by school districts;
3-4 (13) a summary of the effect of deregulation,
3-5 including exemptions and waivers granted under Section 7.056 or
3-6 39.112;
3-7 (14) a statement of the total number and length of
3-8 reports that school districts and school district employees must
3-9 submit to the agency, identifying which reports are required by
3-10 federal statute or rule, state statute, or agency rule, and a
3-11 summary of the agency's efforts to reduce overall reporting
3-12 requirements; [and]
3-13 (15) any additional information considered important
3-14 by the commissioner or the State Board of Education; and
3-15 (16) statistical information relating to delinquent
3-16 conduct on school property or at a school-related activity on or
3-17 off of school property, including separate categories for conduct
3-18 involving:
3-19 (A) marihuana or a controlled substance, as
3-20 defined by Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, or by 21 U.S.C.
3-21 Section 801 et seq. or a dangerous drug, as defined by Chapter 483,
3-22 Health and Safety Code;
3-23 (B) a firearm, an illegal knife, or a club as
3-24 defined by Section 46.01, Penal Code, or a weapon listed as a
3-25 prohibited weapon under Section 46.05, Penal Code;
3-26 (C) an assaultive offense under Chapter 22,
3-27 Penal Code; or
4-1 (D) arson under Section 28.02, Penal Code.
4-2 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the
4-3 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
4-4 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
4-5 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
4-6 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
4-7 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
4-8 passage, and it is so enacted.