By: West, et al. S.B. No. 1455
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
1-1 relating to compensatory, intensive, and accelerated education in
1-2 public schools.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 7.111, Education Code, is
1-5 amended to read as follows:
1-6 (a) The board shall provide for the administration of high
1-7 school equivalency examinations. A person who does not have a high
1-8 school diploma may take the examination in accordance with rules
1-9 adopted by the board if the person is:
1-10 (1) over 17 years of age; or
1-11 (2)[: (1) is] 16 years of age or older[;] and:
1-12 (A) [(2)] a public agency providing supervision
1-13 of the person or having custody of the person under a court order
1-14 recommends that the person take the examination; or
1-15 (B) the person has completed a high school
1-16 equivalency examination preparation program under Section 29.086.
1-17 SECTION 2. Subsection (a), Section 25.086, Education Code,
1-18 is amended to read as follows:
1-19 (a) A child is exempt from the requirements of compulsory
1-20 school attendance if the child:
1-21 (1) attends a private or parochial school that
1-22 includes in its course a study of good citizenship;
1-23 (2) is eligible to participate in a school district's
1-24 special education program under Section 29.003 and cannot be
2-1 appropriately served by the resident district;
2-2 (3) has a physical or mental condition of a temporary
2-3 and remediable nature that makes the child's attendance infeasible
2-4 and holds a certificate from a qualified physician specifying the
2-5 temporary condition, indicating the treatment prescribed to remedy
2-6 the temporary condition, and covering the anticipated period of the
2-7 child's absence from school for the purpose of receiving and
2-8 recuperating from that remedial treatment;
2-9 (4) is expelled in accordance with the requirements of
2-10 law in a school district that does not participate in a mandatory
2-11 juvenile justice alternative education program under Section
2-12 37.011;
2-13 (5) is at least 17 years of age and:
2-14 (A) is attending a course of instruction to
2-15 prepare for the high school equivalency examination, and:
2-16 (i) has the permission of the child's
2-17 parent or guardian to attend the course;
2-18 (ii) is required by court order to attend
2-19 the course;
2-20 (iii) has established a residence separate
2-21 and apart from the child's parent, guardian, or other person having
2-22 lawful control of the child; or
2-23 (iv) is homeless as defined by 42 U.S.C.
2-24 Section 11302; or
2-25 (B) has received a high school diploma or high
2-26 school equivalency certificate;
3-1 (6) is at least 16 years of age and:
3-2 (A) is attending a course of instruction to
3-3 prepare for the high school equivalency examination, if the child
3-4 is recommended to take the course of instruction by a public agency
3-5 that has supervision or custody of the child under a court order;
3-6 or
3-7 (B) has earned a high school equivalency
3-8 certificate after completing a program under Section 29.086;
3-9 (7) is enrolled in the Texas Academy of Mathematics
3-10 and Science;
3-11 (8) is enrolled in the Texas Academy of Leadership in
3-12 the Humanities; or
3-13 (9) is specifically exempted under another law.
3-14 SECTION 3. Section 29.081, Education Code, is amended by
3-15 amending the heading and Subsections (a), (c), and (d) and adding
3-16 Subsections (g) and (h) to read as follows:
3-17 Sec. 29.081. COMPENSATORY, INTENSIVE, AND ACCELERATED
3-18 INSTRUCTION. (a) Each school district shall use the student
3-19 performance data resulting from the basic skills assessment
3-20 instruments and achievement tests administered under Subchapter B,
3-21 Chapter 39, to design and implement appropriate compensatory,
3-22 intensive, or accelerated instructional services for students in
3-23 the district's schools that enable the students to be performing at
3-24 grade level at the conclusion of the next regular school term or,
3-25 if appropriate, to be prepared to obtain a high school equivalency
3-26 certificate.
4-1 (c) Each school district shall evaluate and document the
4-2 effectiveness of the accelerated instruction in reducing any
4-3 disparity in performance on assessment instruments administered
4-4 under Subchapter B, Chapter 39, or disparity in the rates of high
4-5 school completion or receipt of a high school equivalency
4-6 certificate between students at risk of dropping out of school and
4-7 all other district students [the dropout rate and in increasing
4-8 achievement in the categories of students listed under Subsection
4-9 (d)].
4-10 (d) For purposes of this section, "student at risk of
4-11 dropping out of school" includes[:]
4-12 [(1)] each student, other than a student eligible to
4-13 participate in a district's special education program under Section
4-14 29.003, [in grade levels 7 through 12] who is under 21 years of age
4-15 and who:
4-16 (1) [(A)] was not advanced from one grade level to the
4-17 next for one [two] or more school years;
4-18 (2) if the student is in grade 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, or 12,
4-19 [(B) has mathematics or reading skills that are two or more years
4-20 below grade level;]
4-21 [(C)] did not maintain an average equivalent to
4-22 70 on a scale of 100 in two or more subjects in the foundation
4-23 curriculum [courses] during a semester in the preceding or current
4-24 school year, or is not maintaining such an average in two or more
4-25 subjects in the foundation curriculum [courses] in the current
4-26 semester[, and is not expected to graduate within four years of the
5-1 date the student begins ninth grade];
5-2 (3) [(D)] did not perform satisfactorily on an
5-3 assessment instrument administered to the student under Subchapter
5-4 B, Chapter 39, and who has not in the previous or current school
5-5 year subsequently performed on that instrument or another
5-6 appropriate instrument at a level equal to at least 105 percent of
5-7 the level of satisfactory performance on that instrument;
5-8 (4) did not perform satisfactorily on a readiness test
5-9 or assessment instrument administered during the current school
5-10 year, if the student is in prekindergarten, kindergarten, or grade
5-11 1, 2, or 3; [or]
5-12 (5) [(E)] is pregnant or is a parent;
5-13 (6) has been placed in an alternative education
5-14 program in accordance with Section 37.006 during the preceding or
5-15 current school year;
5-16 (7) has been expelled in accordance with Section
5-17 37.007 during the preceding or current school year;
5-18 (8) is currently on parole, probation, deferred
5-19 prosecution, or other conditional release;
5-20 (9) was previously reported through the Public
5-21 Education Information Management System (PEIMS) to have dropped out
5-22 of school;
5-23 (10) failed during the preceding or current school
5-24 year to meet the minimum attendance required under Section 25.092
5-25 for one or more classes, unless the failure is excused under
5-26 Section 25.086 or 25.087;
6-1 (11) [(2) each student in prekindergarten through
6-2 grade 6 who:]
6-3 [(A) did not perform satisfactorily on a
6-4 readiness test or assessment instrument administered at the
6-5 beginning of the school year;]
6-6 [(B) did not perform satisfactorily on an
6-7 assessment instrument administered under Subchapter B, Chapter 39;]
6-8 [(C)] is a student of limited English
6-9 proficiency, as defined by Section 29.052;
6-10 (12) is in the custody or care of the Department of
6-11 Protective and Regulatory Services or has, during the current
6-12 school year, been referred to the department by a school official,
6-13 officer of the juvenile court, or law enforcement official;
6-14 (13) is homeless, as defined by 42 U.S.C. Section
6-15 11302 and its subsequent amendments; or
6-16 (14) resided in the preceding school year or [(D) is
6-17 sexually, physically, or psychologically abused; or]
6-18 [(E) engages in conduct described by Section
6-19 51.03(a), Family Code; and]
6-20 [(3) each student who is not disabled and who] resides
6-21 in the current school year in a residential placement facility in
6-22 the [a] district [in which the student's parent or legal guardian
6-23 does not reside], including a detention facility, substance abuse
6-24 treatment facility, emergency shelter, psychiatric hospital,
6-25 halfway house, or foster family group home.
6-26 (g) A student eligible to participate in a district's
7-1 special education program under Section 29.003 may receive
7-2 instructional services under this section if receipt of those
7-3 services is determined to be appropriate by the student's
7-4 admission, review, and dismissal committee.
7-5 (h) In addition to students described by Subsection (d), a
7-6 student who satisfies local eligibility criteria adopted by the
7-7 board of trustees of a school district may receive instructional
7-8 services under this section. The number of students receiving
7-9 services under this subsection during a school year may not exceed
7-10 10 percent of the number of students described by Subsection (d)
7-11 who received services from the district during the preceding school
7-12 year. For purposes of Chapter 39, students receiving services
7-13 under this subsection may not be included in the group of students
7-14 who are identified as being at risk of dropping out of school.
7-15 SECTION 4. Subchapter C, Chapter 29, Education Code, is
7-16 amended by adding Section 29.086 to read as follows:
7-17 Sec. 29.086. SCHOOL DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY
7-18 EXAMINATION PROGRAMS. (a) The agency shall develop a program for
7-19 school districts to prepare eligible students who are at risk of
7-20 dropping out of school to take a high school equivalency
7-21 examination.
7-22 (b) A district that participates in the program shall offer
7-23 preparatory classes for the high school equivalency examination to
7-24 each eligible district student.
7-25 (c) A student is eligible to participate in the program if:
7-26 (1) the student is 16 years of age or older at the
8-1 beginning of the school year or semester;
8-2 (2) the student and the student's parent or guardian
8-3 agree to the student's participation;
8-4 (3) there is a reasonable expectation that the student
8-5 will not graduate on schedule and passing a high school equivalency
8-6 examination would be in the best interest of the student;
8-7 (4) there is a reasonable expectation that on
8-8 completion of the program the student will be able to perform
8-9 satisfactorily on the high school equivalency examination; and
8-10 (5) any other conditions specified by the agency are
8-11 satisfied.
8-12 (d) A district shall inform each student who has completed
8-13 the program of the time and place at which the student may take the
8-14 high school equivalency examination.
8-15 (e) The agency shall adopt rules to ensure that students are
8-16 not encouraged to participate in the program solely as a means to
8-17 divert students with discipline problems or poor academic
8-18 performance into the program as an alternative to regular high
8-19 school graduation.
8-20 (f) The agency shall request permission from the General
8-21 Educational Development Testing Service to administer the service's
8-22 high school equivalency examination to students enrolled in high
8-23 school who participate in the program.
8-24 (g) The agency shall include in its comprehensive biennial
8-25 report, required under Section 39.182, the number of students
8-26 enrolled in the program and the number of students in the program
9-1 who performed satisfactorily on the high school equivalency
9-2 examination.
9-3 SECTION 5. Section 39.051, Education Code, is amended by
9-4 amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (g) to read as
9-5 follows:
9-6 (b) Performance on the indicators adopted under this section
9-7 shall be compared to state-established standards. The degree of
9-8 change from one school year to the next in performance on each
9-9 indicator adopted under this section shall also be considered. The
9-10 indicators must be based on information that is disaggregated by
9-11 [with respect to] race, ethnicity, gender [sex], [and]
9-12 socioeconomic, and at-risk status and must include:
9-13 (1) the results of assessment instruments required
9-14 under Sections 39.023(a) and (c), aggregated by grade level and
9-15 subject area;
9-16 (2) dropout and completion rates;
9-17 (3) student attendance rates;
9-18 (4) the percentage of graduating students who attain
9-19 scores on the secondary exit-level assessment instruments required
9-20 under Subchapter B that are equivalent to a passing score on the
9-21 test instrument required under Section 51.306;
9-22 (5) the percentage of graduating students who meet the
9-23 course requirements established for the recommended high school
9-24 program by State Board of Education rule;
9-25 (6) the results of the Scholastic Assessment Test
9-26 (SAT) and the American College Test;
10-1 (7) the percentage of students taking end-of-course
10-2 assessment instruments adopted under Section 39.023(d);
10-3 (8) the percentage of students exempted, by exemption
10-4 category, from the assessment program generally applicable under
10-5 this subchapter; and
10-6 (9) any other indicator the State Board of Education
10-7 adopts.
10-8 (g) The commissioner by rule shall:
10-9 (1) adopt accountability measures to be used in
10-10 assessing the performance of students at risk of dropping out of
10-11 school, as defined by Section 29.081;
10-12 (2) specify the level of student performance on the
10-13 accountability measures that is necessary for a campus or district
10-14 to obtain a performance rating of exemplary, recognized, or
10-15 academically acceptable; and
10-16 (3) determine appropriate methods of integrating
10-17 student performance on the accountability measures into the
10-18 statewide public school accountability program established under
10-19 this chapter.
10-20 SECTION 6. Subsection (d), Section 39.053, Education Code,
10-21 is amended to read as follows:
10-22 (d) The report may include the following information:
10-23 (1) student information, including total enrollment,
10-24 enrollment by ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and at-risk
10-25 [economic] status under Section 29.081, and grade groupings and
10-26 retention rates;
11-1 (2) financial information, including revenues and
11-2 expenditures;
11-3 (3) staff information, including number and type of
11-4 staff by gender [sex], ethnicity, years of experience, and highest
11-5 degree held, teacher and administrator salaries, and teacher
11-6 turnover;
11-7 (4) program information, including student enrollment
11-8 by program, teachers by program, and instructional operating
11-9 expenditures by program; and
11-10 (5) the number of students placed in an alternative
11-11 education program under Chapter 37.
11-12 SECTION 7. The heading to Section 39.182, Education Code, is
11-13 amended to read as follows:
11-14 Sec. 39.182. COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL [BIENNIAL] REPORT.
11-15 SECTION 8. Subsections (a) and (b), Section 39.182,
11-16 Education Code, are amended to read as follows:
11-17 (a) Not later than December 1 of each year, the [The] agency
11-18 shall prepare and deliver to the governor, the lieutenant governor,
11-19 the speaker of the house of representatives, each member of the
11-20 legislature, the Legislative Budget Board, and the clerks of the
11-21 standing committees of the senate and house of representatives with
11-22 primary jurisdiction over the public school system a comprehensive
11-23 report covering the preceding [two] school year [years] and
11-24 containing:
11-25 (1) an evaluation of the achievements of the state
11-26 educational program in relation to the statutory goals for the
12-1 public education system under Section 4.002;
12-2 (2) an evaluation of the status of education in the
12-3 state as reflected by the academic excellence indicators adopted
12-4 under Section 39.051;
12-5 (3) a summary compilation of overall student
12-6 performance on academic skills assessment instruments required by
12-7 Section 39.023 with the number of students exempted from the
12-8 administration of those instruments and the basis of the
12-9 exemptions, aggregated by grade level, subject area, campus, and
12-10 district, and with appropriate interpretations and analysis, and
12-11 disaggregated by race, ethnicity, gender [sex], and socioeconomic
12-12 status;
12-13 (4) a summary compilation of overall performance of
12-14 students placed in an alternative education program established
12-15 under Section 37.008 on academic skills assessment instruments
12-16 required by Section 39.023 with the number of those students
12-17 exempted from the administration of those instruments and the basis
12-18 of the exemptions, aggregated by grade level and subject area, with
12-19 appropriate interpretations and analysis, and disaggregated by
12-20 race, ethnicity, gender, and socioeconomic status;
12-21 (5) an evaluation of the correlation between student
12-22 grades and student performance on academic skills assessment
12-23 instruments required by Section 39.023;
12-24 (6) [(5)] a statement of the dropout rate of students
12-25 in grade levels 7 through 12, expressed in the aggregate and by
12-26 grade level;
13-1 (7) a statement of:
13-2 (A) the completion rate of students who enter
13-3 grade level 9 and graduate not more than four years later;
13-4 (B) the completion rate of students who enter
13-5 grade level 9 and graduate, including students who require more
13-6 than four years to graduate;
13-7 (C) the completion rate of students who enter
13-8 grade level 9 and not more than four years later receive a high
13-9 school equivalency certificate;
13-10 (D) the completion rate of students who enter
13-11 grade level 9 and receive a high school equivalency certificate,
13-12 including students who require more than four years to receive a
13-13 certificate; and
13-14 (E) the number and percentage of all students
13-15 who have not been accounted for under Paragraph (A), (B), (C), or
13-16 (D) and are not enrolled in a private school, home school, or
13-17 school in another state;
13-18 (8) [(6)] a statement of the projected cross-sectional
13-19 and longitudinal dropout rates for grade levels 9 [7] through 12
13-20 for the next five years, assuming no state action is taken to
13-21 reduce the dropout rate;
13-22 (9) [(7)] a description of a systematic, measurable
13-23 plan for reducing the projected cross-sectional and longitudinal
13-24 dropout rates to five percent or less for the 1997-1998 school
13-25 year;
13-26 (10) [(8)] a summary of the information required by
14-1 Section 29.083 regarding grade level retention of students and
14-2 information concerning:
14-3 (A) the number and percentage of students
14-4 retained; and
14-5 (B) the performance of retained students on
14-6 assessment instruments required under Section 39.023(a);
14-7 (11) information, aggregated by district type and
14-8 disaggregated by race, ethnicity, gender, and socioeconomic status,
14-9 on:
14-10 (A) the number of students placed in an
14-11 alternative education program established under Section 37.008;
14-12 (B) the average length of a student's placement
14-13 in an alternative education program established under Section
14-14 37.008;
14-15 (C) the academic performance of students on
14-16 assessment instruments required under Section 39.023(a) during the
14-17 year preceding and during the year following placement in an
14-18 alternative education program; and
14-19 (D) the dropout rates of students who have been
14-20 placed in an alternative education program established under
14-21 Section 37.008;
14-22 (12) [(9)] a list of each school district or campus
14-23 that does not satisfy performance standards, with an explanation of
14-24 the actions taken by the commissioner to improve student
14-25 performance in the district or campus and an evaluation of the
14-26 results of those actions;
15-1 (13) [(10)] an evaluation of the status of the
15-2 curriculum taught in public schools, with recommendations for
15-3 legislative changes necessary to improve or modify the curriculum
15-4 required by Section 28.002;
15-5 (14) [(11)] a description of all funds received by and
15-6 each activity and expenditure of the agency;
15-7 (15) [(12)] a summary and analysis of the compliance
15-8 of school districts with administrative cost ratios set by the
15-9 commissioner under Section 42.201, including any improvements and
15-10 cost savings achieved by school districts;
15-11 (16) [(13)] a summary of the effect of deregulation,
15-12 including exemptions and waivers granted under Section 7.056 or
15-13 39.112;
15-14 (17) [(14)] a statement of the total number and length
15-15 of reports that school districts and school district employees must
15-16 submit to the agency, identifying which reports are required by
15-17 federal statute or rule, state statute, or agency rule, and a
15-18 summary of the agency's efforts to reduce overall reporting
15-19 requirements;
15-20 (18) a summary of school district compliance with the
15-21 student/teacher ratios and class-size limitations prescribed by
15-22 Sections 25.111 and 25.112, including the number of districts
15-23 granted an exception from Section 25.112;
15-24 (19) a summary of the exemptions and waivers granted
15-25 to school districts under Section 7.056 or 39.112 and a review of
15-26 the effectiveness of each campus or district following
16-1 deregulation;
16-2 (20) an evaluation of the performance of the system of
16-3 regional education service centers based on the indicators adopted
16-4 under Section 8.101 and client satisfaction with services provided
16-5 under Subchapter B, Chapter 8;
16-6 (21) a comparison of the performance of
16-7 open-enrollment charter schools and school districts on the
16-8 academic excellence indicators specified in Section 39.051 (b),
16-9 with a separately aggregated comparison of the performance of
16-10 open-enrollment charter schools granted under Section 12.1011 (a)
16-11 (2) with the performance of school districts; and
16-12 (22) [(15)] any additional information considered
16-13 important by the commissioner or the State Board of Education.
16-14 (b) In reporting the information required by Subsection
16-15 (a)(3) or (4), the agency may separately aggregate the performance
16-16 data of students enrolled in a special education program under
16-17 Subchapter A, Chapter 29, or a bilingual education or special
16-18 language program under Subchapter B, Chapter 29.
16-19 SECTION 9. Section 42.152, Education Code, is amended by
16-20 amending Subsections (b), (c), and (r) and adding Subsection (s) to
16-21 read as follows:
16-22 (b) For purposes of this section, the number of
16-23 educationally disadvantaged students is determined:
16-24 (1) by averaging the best six months' enrollment in
16-25 the national school lunch program of free or reduced-price lunches
16-26 for the preceding school year; or
17-1 (2) in the manner determined by commissioner rule, if
17-2 the district did not participate in the national school lunch
17-3 program of free or reduced-price lunches during the preceding
17-4 school year.
17-5 (c) Funds allocated under this section shall be used to fund
17-6 supplemental programs and services designed to eliminate any
17-7 disparity in performance on assessment instruments administered
17-8 under Subchapter B, Chapter 39, or disparity in the rates of high
17-9 school completion or receipt of a high school equivalency
17-10 certificate between students at risk of dropping out of school,
17-11 as defined by Section 29.081, and all other students.
17-12 Specifically, the funds, other than an indirect cost allotment
17-13 established under State Board of Education rule, which may not
17-14 exceed 15 percent, may be used only to meet the costs of [in]
17-15 providing a compensatory, intensive, or [education and] accelerated
17-16 instruction program [programs] under Section 29.081 or an
17-17 alternative education program established under Section 37.008 or
17-18 to support a program eligible under Title I of the Elementary and
17-19 Secondary Education Act of 1965, as provided by Pub. L. No. 103-382
17-20 and its subsequent amendments, and by federal regulations
17-21 implementing that Act [and may only be spent to improve and enhance
17-22 programs and services funded under the regular education program].
17-23 In meeting the costs of providing a compensatory, intensive, or
17-24 accelerated instruction program under Section 29.081, a [A]
17-25 district's compensatory education allotment may be used only for
17-26 costs supplementary to the regular education program, such as costs
18-1 for program and student evaluation, instructional materials and
18-2 equipment and other supplies required for quality instruction,
18-3 supplement staff expenses, salary for teachers of at-risk students,
18-4 smaller class size, and individualized instruction. A home-rule
18-5 school district or an open-enrollment charter school must use funds
18-6 allocated under Subsection (a) for a purpose authorized in this
18-7 subsection, [to provide compensatory education services] but is not
18-8 otherwise subject to Subchapter C, Chapter 29.
18-9 (r) The commissioner shall grant a one-year exemption from
18-10 the requirements of Subsection (g) to a school district in which
18-11 the group of students identified under Section 29.081 as being at
18-12 risk of dropping out of school performs on the assessment
18-13 instruments specified by Section 39.051 (b)(1) at a level that
18-14 meets or exceeds the level required for a performance rating of
18-15 academically recognized. Not later than March 1 of each year, the
18-16 commissioner, based on the most recent information available, shall
18-17 determine whether a school district is entitled to an exemption for
18-18 the following school year and notify the district of that
18-19 determination.
18-20 (s) Subsection (r) applies beginning with the 2001-2002
18-21 school year. This subsection expires September 1, 2002.
18-22 [Subsection (q) applies beginning with the 1998-1999 school year.
18-23 For the 1997-1998 school year, a school district shall account for
18-24 the expenditure of funds allocated under this chapter for
18-25 compensatory education purposes by program and by campus under
18-26 existing agency reporting and auditing procedures. The board,
19-1 state auditor, and comptroller shall develop the reporting and
19-2 auditing system required by Subsection (q) not later than August 1,
19-3 1998. This subsection expires September 1, 1999.]
19-4 SECTION 10. (a) Using funds specifically appropriated for
19-5 that purpose, the commissioner of education shall form a committee
19-6 to conduct a study and detailed analysis of:
19-7 (1) effective public education compensatory education
19-8 programs for students receiving services under Section 29.081,
19-9 Education Code, or Title I of the Elementary and Secondary
19-10 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. Section 6301 et seq.); and
19-11 (2) effective higher education developmental programs
19-12 delivered under Section 51.306, Education Code.
19-13 (b) The committee formed by the commissioner of education
19-14 under Subsection (a) of this section shall organize and administer
19-15 the study required by this section. The committee must be composed
19-16 of:
19-17 (1) at least one representative of each of the
19-18 following agencies:
19-19 (A) the Legislative Budget Board;
19-20 (B) the Texas Education Agency;
19-21 (C) the office of the state auditor;
19-22 (D) the office of the comptroller of public
19-23 accounts; and
19-24 (E) the Texas Higher Education Coordinating
19-25 Board;
19-26 (2) two representatives of the general public selected
20-1 by the chair of the Senate Committee on Education;
20-2 (3) one representative of the general public selected
20-3 by the chair of the House Committee on Public Education;
20-4 (4) one representative of the general public selected
20-5 by the chair of the House Committee on Higher Education; and
20-6 (5) three educators selected by the commissioner of
20-7 education, one of whom must be a classroom teacher, and one of whom
20-8 must be an administrator.
20-9 (c) In conducting the study required by this section, the
20-10 committee shall use data collected through the Public Education
20-11 Information Management System (PEIMS), data collected by the Texas
20-12 Higher Education Coordinating Board, and program evaluations
20-13 conducted by the Texas Education Agency and the Texas Higher
20-14 Education Coordinating Board of a variety of effective compensatory
20-15 and developmental programs operated in a wide range of schools and
20-16 institutions of higher education across the state.
20-17 (d) Using information collected locally, the study shall
20-18 examine compensatory and developmental programs, including cost
20-19 elements of those programs, in a manner that allows comparison
20-20 between similar schools and types of students.
20-21 (e) Not later that December 1, 2000, the committee shall
20-22 submit to the legislature a report of the results of the study.
20-23 (f) The committee is abolished and this section expires
20-24 January 1, 2001.
20-25 SECTION 11. Sections 39.183 and 39.185, Education Code, are
20-26 repealed.
21-1 SECTION 12. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this
21-2 section, this Act applies beginning with the 1999-2000 school year.
21-3 (b) Sections 7.111 and 25.086, Education Code, as amended by
21-4 this Act, and Section 29.086, Education Code, as added by this Act,
21-5 apply immediately.
21-6 (c) Subsection (g), Section 39.051, Education Code, as added
21-7 by this Act, and Subsection (d), Section 39.053, Education Code, as
21-8 amended by this Act, apply beginning with the 2000-2001 school
21-9 year.
21-10 (d) Section 39.182, Education Code, as amended by this Act,
21-11 applies beginning with the report required to be prepared not later
21-12 than December 1, 1999, except that:
21-13 (1) the Texas Education Agency, in computing
21-14 information relating to students at risk of dropping out of school
21-15 for inclusion in the report due December 1, 1999, and the report
21-16 due December 1, 2000, may determine appropriate information based
21-17 on Section 29.081, Education Code, as it existed before amendment
21-18 by this Act; and
21-19 (2) the Texas Education Agency shall include
21-20 information specified under Paragraph (E), Subdivision (7),
21-21 Subsection (a), Section 39.182, Education Code, as added by this
21-22 Act, beginning with the report due December 1, 2002, and shall
21-23 include, to the extent available, alternative information relating
21-24 to students who leave school in the reports due in 1999, 2000, and
21-25 2001.
21-26 SECTION 13. The importance of this legislation and the
22-1 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
22-2 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
22-3 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
22-4 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
22-5 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
22-6 passage, and it is so enacted.