HBA-MPM, MPM H.B. 1820 76(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 1820 By: Olivo Public Education 3/25/1999 Introduced BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Disciplinary Alternative Education Programs (DAEPs) were created by the 74th Texas Legislature. Current law limits the Texas Education Agency's authority over DAEPs. Current law also exempts DAEPs from certain curriculum requirements, teacher certification, special education, and bilingual education standards. H.B. 1820 requires DAEPs to meet the standards set forth in Chapter 39 (Public School System Accountability Standards), Education Code, and repeals the commissioner's authority to adopt different standards for DAEPs. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 37.008(c), Education Code, to apply Chapter 37 (Discipline; Law and Order), Education Code, to each alternative education program (program) provided under this section. Deletes the exemption of an off-campus program from a requirement imposed by this title, other than a limitation on liability, a reporting requirement, or a requirement imposed by this chapter or by Chapter 39 (Public School System Accountability), Education Code. SECTION 2. Repealer: Section 37.008(m) (Alternative Education Programs), Education Code, which requires the commissioner of education to adopt rules necessary to administer the provisions of Chapter 39 for alternative education programs. Further states that academically, the mission of alternative education programs shall be to enable students to perform at grade level and that annually, the commissioner is required to define for alternative education programs acceptable performance and performance indicating a need for peer review, based principally on standards defined by the commissioner that measure academic progress of students toward grade level while attending an alternative education program. SECTION 3. Makes this Act applicable beginning with the 1999-2000 school year. SECTION 4.Emergency clause. Effective date: upon passage.