By: West S.B. No. 702
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to compensatory, intensive, and accelerated education in
1-3 public schools.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. The heading to Section 29.081, Education Code, is
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 29.081. COMPENSATORY, INTENSIVE, AND ACCELERATED
1-8 INSTRUCTION.
1-9 SECTION 2. Section 29.081, Education Code, is amended by
1-10 amending Subsections (a), (c), and (d) and adding Subsection (g) to
1-11 read as follows:
1-12 (a) Each school district shall use the student performance
1-13 data resulting from the basic skills assessment instruments and
1-14 achievement tests administered under Subchapter B, Chapter 39, to
1-15 design and implement appropriate compensatory, intensive, or
1-16 accelerated instructional services for students in the district's
1-17 schools that enable the students to be performing at grade level at
1-18 the conclusion of the next regular school term.
1-19 (c) Each school district shall evaluate and document the
1-20 effectiveness of the accelerated instruction in reducing any
1-21 disparity in performance on assessment instruments administered
1-22 under Subchapter B, Chapter 39, or disparity in the rates of high
1-23 school completion between students at risk of dropping out of
1-24 school and all other district students [the dropout rate and in
1-25 increasing achievement in the categories of students listed under
2-1 Subsection (d)].
2-2 (d) For purposes of this section, "student at risk of
2-3 dropping out of school" includes[:]
2-4 [(1)] each student [in grade levels 7 through 12] who
2-5 is under 21 years of age and who:
2-6 (1) [(A)] was not advanced from one grade level to the
2-7 next for one [two] or more school years;
2-8 (2) if the student is in grade 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, or 12,
2-9 [(B) has mathematics or reading skills that are two or more years
2-10 below grade level;]
2-11 [(C)] did not maintain an average equivalent to
2-12 70 on a scale of 100 in two or more subjects in the foundation
2-13 curriculum [courses] during a semester in the preceding or current
2-14 school year[,] or is not maintaining such an average in two or more
2-15 subjects in the foundation curriculum [courses] in the current
2-16 semester[, and is not expected to graduate within four years of the
2-17 date the student begins ninth grade];
2-18 (3) [(D)] did not perform satisfactorily on an
2-19 assessment instrument administered to the student under Subchapter
2-20 B, Chapter 39, and who has not in the previous or current school
2-21 year subsequently performed on that instrument or another
2-22 appropriate instrument at a level equal to at least 110 percent of
2-23 the level of satisfactory performance on that instrument; [or]
2-24 (4) if the student is in prekindergarten,
2-25 kindergarten, or grade 1, 2, or 3, did not perform satisfactorily
2-26 on a readiness test or assessment instrument administered during
3-1 the current school year;
3-2 (5) [(E)] is pregnant or is a parent;
3-3 (6) has been placed in an alternative education
3-4 program in accordance with Section 37.006 during the preceding or
3-5 current school year;
3-6 (7) has been expelled in accordance with Section
3-7 37.007 during the preceding or current school year;
3-8 (8) is currently on parole, probation, deferred
3-9 prosecution, or other conditional release;
3-10 (9) was previously reported through the Public
3-11 Education Information Management System (PEIMS) to have dropped out
3-12 of school;
3-13 (10) [(2) each student in prekindergarten through
3-14 grade 6 who:]
3-15 [(A) did not perform satisfactorily on a
3-16 readiness test or assessment instrument administered at the
3-17 beginning of the school year;]
3-18 [(B) did not perform satisfactorily on an
3-19 assessment instrument administered under Subchapter B, Chapter 39;]
3-20 [(C)] is a student of limited English
3-21 proficiency, as defined by Section 29.052;
3-22 (11) is in the custody or care of the Department of
3-23 Protective and Regulatory Services or has, during the current
3-24 school year, been referred to the department by a school official,
3-25 officer of the juvenile court, or law enforcement official;
3-26 (12) is homeless, as defined by 42 U.S.C. Section
4-1 11302, and its subsequent amendments; or
4-2 (13) resided in the preceding school year or [(D) is
4-3 sexually, physically, or psychologically abused; or]
4-4 [(E) engages in conduct described by Section
4-5 51.03(a), Family Code; and]
4-6 [(3) each student who is not disabled and who] resides
4-7 in the current school year in a residential placement facility in
4-8 the [a] district [in which the student's parent or legal guardian
4-9 does not reside], including a detention facility, substance abuse
4-10 treatment facility, emergency shelter, psychiatric hospital,
4-11 halfway house, or foster [family] group home.
4-12 (g) In addition to students described by Subsection (d), a
4-13 student who satisfies local eligibility criteria adopted by the
4-14 board of trustees of a school district may receive instructional
4-15 services under this section. The number of students receiving
4-16 services under this subsection during a school year may not exceed
4-17 10 percent of the number of students described by Subsection (d)
4-18 who received services from the district during the preceding school
4-19 year.
4-20 SECTION 3. Subsection (e), Section 39.027, Education Code,
4-21 is amended to read as follows:
4-22 (e) The commissioner shall develop an assessment system that
4-23 shall be used for evaluating the academic progress, including
4-24 reading proficiency in English, of all students of limited English
4-25 proficiency, as defined by Section 29.052. The performance under
4-26 the assessment system developed under this subsection of students
5-1 to whom Subsection (a)(3) applies shall be included in the academic
5-2 excellence indicator system under Section 39.051, the performance
5-3 report under Section 39.053, and the comprehensive annual
5-4 [biennial] report under Section 39.182.
5-5 SECTION 4. Subsection (b), Section 39.051, Education Code,
5-6 as amended by Chapters 396, 397, and 1422, Acts of the 76th
5-7 Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, is reenacted and amended to
5-8 read as follows:
5-9 (b) Performance on the indicators adopted under this section
5-10 shall be compared to state-established standards. The degree of
5-11 change from one school year to the next in performance on each
5-12 indicator adopted under this section shall also be considered. The
5-13 indicators must be based on information that is disaggregated by
5-14 [with respect to] race, ethnicity, gender [sex], and socioeconomic
5-15 status and must include:
5-16 (1) the results of assessment instruments required
5-17 under Sections 39.023(a), (c), and (l), aggregated by grade level
5-18 and subject area;
5-19 (2) dropout and completion rates;
5-20 (3) student attendance rates;
5-21 (4) the percentage of graduating students who attain
5-22 scores on the secondary exit-level assessment instruments required
5-23 under Subchapter B that are equivalent to a passing score on the
5-24 test instrument required under Section 51.306;
5-25 (5) the percentage of graduating students who meet the
5-26 course requirements established for the recommended high school
6-1 program by State Board of Education rule;
6-2 (6) the results of the Scholastic Assessment Test
6-3 (SAT), the American College Test (ACT), articulated postsecondary
6-4 degree programs described by Section 61.852, and certified
6-5 workforce training programs described by Chapter 311, Labor Code;
6-6 (7) the percentage [number] of students, aggregated by
6-7 grade level, provided accelerated instruction under Section
6-8 28.0211(c), the results of assessments administered under that
6-9 section, the percentage [number] of students promoted through the
6-10 grade placement committee process under Section 28.0211, the
6-11 subject of the assessment instrument on which each student failed
6-12 to perform satisfactorily, and the performance of those students in
6-13 the school year following that promotion on the assessment
6-14 instruments required under Section 39.023;
6-15 (8) for students who have failed to perform
6-16 satisfactorily on an assessment instrument required under Section
6-17 39.023(a) or (c), the numerical progress of those students on
6-18 subsequent assessment instruments required under those sections,
6-19 aggregated by grade level and subject area;
6-20 (9) the percentage of students exempted, by exemption
6-21 category, from the assessment program generally applicable under
6-22 this subchapter; and
6-23 (10) any other indicator the State Board of Education
6-24 adopts.
6-25 SECTION 5. Section 39.051, Education Code, is amended by
6-26 adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
7-1 (g) The commissioner by rule shall adopt accountability
7-2 measures to be used in assessing the progress of students who have
7-3 failed to perform satisfactorily in the preceding school year on an
7-4 assessment instrument required under Section 39.023(a), (c), or
7-5 (l).
7-6 SECTION 6. Section 39.053, Education Code, as amended by
7-7 Chapters 510 and 1417, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular
7-8 Session, 1999, is reenacted and amended to read as follows:
7-9 Sec. 39.053. Performance Report. (a) Each board of
7-10 trustees shall publish an annual report describing the educational
7-11 performance of the district and of each campus in the district that
7-12 includes uniform student performance and descriptive information as
7-13 determined under rules adopted by the commissioner. The annual
7-14 report must also include:
7-15 (1) campus performance objectives established under
7-16 Section 11.253 and the progress of each campus toward those
7-17 objectives, which shall be available to the public;
7-18 (2) the performance rating for the district as
7-19 provided under Section 39.072(a) and the performance rating of each
7-20 campus in the district as provided under Section 39.072(c); [and]
7-21 (3) the district's current special education
7-22 compliance status with the agency;
7-23 (4) [. In addition, the annual report must include] a
7-24 statement of the number, rate, and type of violent or criminal
7-25 incidents that occurred on each district campus, to the extent
7-26 permitted under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of
8-1 1974 (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g);
8-2 (5) [,] information concerning school violence
8-3 prevention and violence intervention policies and procedures that
8-4 the district is using to protect students;[,] and
8-5 (6) the findings that result from evaluations
8-6 conducted under the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act
8-7 of 1994 (20 U.S.C. Section 7101 et seq.) and its subsequent
8-8 amendments.
8-9 (b) Supplemental information to be included in the reports
8-10 shall be determined by the board of trustees. Performance
8-11 information in the annual reports on the indicators established
8-12 under Section 39.051 and descriptive information required by this
8-13 section shall be provided by the agency.
8-14 (c) The board of trustees shall hold a hearing for public
8-15 discussion of the report. The board of trustees shall give notice
8-16 of the hearing to property owners in the district and parents,
8-17 guardians, conservators, and other persons having lawful control of
8-18 a district student. The notification must include notice to a
8-19 newspaper of general circulation in the district and notice to
8-20 electronic media serving the district. After the hearing the
8-21 report shall be widely disseminated within the district in a manner
8-22 to be determined under rules adopted by the commissioner.
8-23 (d) The report must also include a comparison provided by
8-24 the agency of:
8-25 (1) the performance of each campus to its previous
8-26 performance and to state-established standards;
9-1 (2) the performance of each district to its previous
9-2 performance and to state-established standards; and
9-3 (3) the performance of each campus or district to
9-4 comparable improvement.
9-5 (e) The report may include the following information:
9-6 (1) student information, including total enrollment,
9-7 enrollment by ethnicity, socioeconomic [economic] status, and grade
9-8 groupings and retention rates;
9-9 (2) financial information, including revenues and
9-10 expenditures;
9-11 (3) staff information, including number and type of
9-12 staff by gender [sex], ethnicity, years of experience, and highest
9-13 degree held, teacher and administrator salaries, and teacher
9-14 turnover;
9-15 (4) program information, including student enrollment
9-16 by program, teachers by program, and instructional operating
9-17 expenditures by program; and
9-18 (5) the number of students placed in an alternative
9-19 education program under Chapter 37.
9-20 (f) The State Board of Education by rule shall authorize the
9-21 combination of this report with other reports and financial
9-22 statements and shall restrict the number and length of reports that
9-23 school districts, school district employees, and school campuses
9-24 are required to prepare.
9-25 (g) The report must include a statement of the amount, if
9-26 any, of the school district's unencumbered surplus fund balance as
10-1 of the last day of the preceding fiscal year and the percentage of
10-2 the preceding year's budget that the surplus represents.
10-3 SECTION 7. Subsection (e), Section 39.073, Education Code,
10-4 is amended to read as follows:
10-5 (e) In determining a district's accreditation rating, the
10-6 agency shall consider:
10-7 (1) the district's current special education
10-8 compliance status with the agency; and
10-9 (2) the progress of students who have failed to
10-10 perform satisfactorily in the preceding school year on an
10-11 assessment instrument required under Section 39.023(a), (c), or
10-12 (l).
10-13 SECTION 8. The heading to Section 39.182, Education Code, is
10-14 amended to read as follows:
10-15 Sec. 39.182. COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL [BIENNIAL] REPORT.
10-16 SECTION 9. Subsections (a) and (b), Section 39.182,
10-17 Education Code, are amended to read as follows:
10-18 (a) Not later than December 1 of each year, the [The] agency
10-19 shall prepare and deliver to the governor, the lieutenant governor,
10-20 the speaker of the house of representatives, each member of the
10-21 legislature, the Legislative Budget Board, and the clerks of the
10-22 standing committees of the senate and house of representatives with
10-23 primary jurisdiction over the public school system a comprehensive
10-24 report covering the preceding [two] school year [years] and
10-25 containing:
10-26 (1) an evaluation of the achievements of the state
11-1 educational program in relation to the statutory goals for the
11-2 public education system under Section 4.002;
11-3 (2) an evaluation of the status of education in the
11-4 state as reflected by the academic excellence indicators adopted
11-5 under Section 39.051;
11-6 (3) a summary compilation of overall student
11-7 performance on academic skills assessment instruments required by
11-8 Section 39.023 with the number and percentage of students exempted
11-9 from the administration of those instruments and the basis of the
11-10 exemptions, aggregated by grade level, subject area, campus, and
11-11 district, with appropriate interpretations and analysis, and
11-12 disaggregated by race, ethnicity, gender [sex], and socioeconomic
11-13 status;
11-14 (4) a summary compilation of overall performance of
11-15 students placed in an alternative education program established
11-16 under Section 37.008 on academic skills assessment instruments
11-17 required by Section 39.023 with the number of those students
11-18 exempted from the administration of those instruments and the basis
11-19 of the exemptions, aggregated by district, grade level, and subject
11-20 area, with appropriate interpretations and analysis, and
11-21 disaggregated by race, ethnicity, gender, and socioeconomic status;
11-22 (5) a summary compilation of overall performance of
11-23 students at risk of dropping out of school, as defined by Section
11-24 29.081(d), on academic skills assessment instruments required by
11-25 Section 39.023 with the number of those students exempted from the
11-26 administration of those instruments and the basis of the
12-1 exemptions, aggregated by district, grade level, and subject area,
12-2 with appropriate interpretations and analysis, and disaggregated by
12-3 race, ethnicity, gender, and socioeconomic status;
12-4 (6) an evaluation of the correlation between student
12-5 grades and student performance on academic skills assessment
12-6 instruments required by Section 39.023;
12-7 (7) [(5)] a statement of the dropout rate of students
12-8 in grade levels 7 through 12, expressed in the aggregate and by
12-9 grade level;
12-10 (8) a statement of:
12-11 (A) the completion rate of students who enter
12-12 grade level 9 and graduate not more than four years later;
12-13 (B) the completion rate of students who enter
12-14 grade level 9 and graduate, including students who require more
12-15 than four years to graduate;
12-16 (C) the completion rate of students who enter
12-17 grade level 9 and not more than four years later receive a high
12-18 school equivalency certificate;
12-19 (D) the completion rate of students who enter
12-20 grade level 9 and receive a high school equivalency certificate,
12-21 including students who require more than four years to receive a
12-22 certificate; and
12-23 (E) the number and percentage of all students
12-24 who have not been accounted for under Paragraph (A), (B), (C), or
12-25 (D);
12-26 (9) [(6)] a statement of the projected cross-sectional
13-1 and longitudinal dropout rates for grade levels 9 [7] through 12
13-2 for the next five years, assuming no state action is taken to
13-3 reduce the dropout rate;
13-4 (10) [(7)] a description of a systematic, measurable
13-5 plan for reducing the projected cross-sectional and longitudinal
13-6 dropout rates to five percent or less for the 1997-1998 school
13-7 year;
13-8 (11) [(8)] a summary of the information required by
13-9 Section 29.083 regarding grade level retention of students and
13-10 information concerning:
13-11 (A) the number and percentage of students
13-12 retained; and
13-13 (B) the performance of retained students on
13-14 assessment instruments required under Section 39.023(a);
13-15 (12) information, aggregated by district type and
13-16 disaggregated by race, ethnicity, gender, and socioeconomic status,
13-17 on:
13-18 (A) the number of students placed in an
13-19 alternative education program established under Section 37.008;
13-20 (B) the average length of a student's placement
13-21 in an alternative education program established under Section
13-22 37.008;
13-23 (C) the academic performance of students on
13-24 assessment instruments required under Section 39.023(a) during the
13-25 year preceding and during the year following placement in an
13-26 alternative education program; and
14-1 (D) the dropout rates of students who have been
14-2 placed in an alternative education program established under
14-3 Section 37.008;
14-4 (13) [(9)] a list of each school district or campus
14-5 that does not satisfy performance standards, with an explanation of
14-6 the actions taken by the commissioner to improve student
14-7 performance in the district or campus and an evaluation of the
14-8 results of those actions;
14-9 (14) [(10)] an evaluation of the status of the
14-10 curriculum taught in public schools, with recommendations for
14-11 legislative changes necessary to improve or modify the curriculum
14-12 required by Section 28.002;
14-13 (15) [(11)] a description of all funds received by and
14-14 each activity and expenditure of the agency;
14-15 (16) [(12)] a summary and analysis of the compliance
14-16 of school districts with administrative cost ratios set by the
14-17 commissioner under Section 42.201, including any improvements and
14-18 cost savings achieved by school districts;
14-19 (17) [(13)] a summary of the effect of deregulation,
14-20 including exemptions and waivers granted under Section 7.056 or
14-21 39.112;
14-22 (18) [(14)] a statement of the total number and length
14-23 of reports that school districts and school district employees must
14-24 submit to the agency, identifying which reports are required by
14-25 federal statute or rule, state statute, or agency rule, and a
14-26 summary of the agency's efforts to reduce overall reporting
15-1 requirements;
15-2 (19) [(15)] a list of each school district that is not
15-3 in compliance with state special education requirements, including:
15-4 (A) the period for which the district has not
15-5 been in compliance;
15-6 (B) the manner in which the agency considered
15-7 the district's failure to comply in determining the district's
15-8 accreditation status; and
15-9 (C) an explanation of the actions taken by the
15-10 commissioner to ensure compliance and an evaluation of the results
15-11 of those actions;
15-12 (20) a comparison of the performance of
15-13 open-enrollment charter schools and school districts on the
15-14 academic excellence indicators specified in Section 39.051(b) and
15-15 accountability measures adopted under Section 39.051(g), with a
15-16 separately aggregated comparison of the performance of
15-17 open-enrollment charter schools predominantly serving students at
15-18 risk of dropping out of school, as defined by Section 29.081(d),
15-19 with the performance of school districts; and
15-20 (21) [(16)] any additional information considered
15-21 important by the commissioner or the State Board of Education.
15-22 (b) In reporting the information required by Subsection
15-23 (a)(3) or (4), the agency may separately aggregate the performance
15-24 data of students enrolled in a special education program under
15-25 Subchapter A, Chapter 29, or a bilingual education or special
15-26 language program under Subchapter B, Chapter 29.
16-1 SECTION 10. Section 39.185, Education Code, is amended to
16-2 read as follows:
16-3 Sec. 39.185. Interim Report. Not later than December 1 of
16-4 each odd-numbered year, the agency shall prepare and deliver to the
16-5 governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of
16-6 representatives, each member of the legislature, the Legislative
16-7 Budget Board, and the clerks of the standing committees of the
16-8 senate and house of representatives with primary jurisdiction over
16-9 the public school system an interim report containing, for the
16-10 previous school year, the information required by[:]
16-11 [(1) Sections 39.182(a)(2), (3), (5), (6), (7), (9),
16-12 (11), and (13); and]
16-13 [(2)] Section 39.183(2).
16-14 SECTION 11. Section 42.152, Education Code, is amended by
16-15 amending Subsections (c), (s), and (t) and adding Subsections (r)
16-16 and (u) to read as follows:
16-17 (c) Funds allocated under this section shall be used only to
16-18 fund supplemental programs and services designed to eliminate any
16-19 disparity in performance on assessment instruments administered
16-20 under Subchapter B, Chapter 39, or disparity in the rates of high
16-21 school completion between students at risk of dropping out of
16-22 school, as defined by Section 29.081, and all other students.
16-23 Specifically, the funds, other than an indirect cost allotment
16-24 established under State Board of Education rule, which may not
16-25 exceed 15 percent, may be used only to meet the costs of [in]
16-26 providing a compensatory, intensive, or [education and] accelerated
17-1 instruction program [programs] under Section 29.081 or an
17-2 alternative education program established under Section 37.008 or
17-3 to support a program eligible under Title I of the Elementary and
17-4 Secondary Education Act of 1965, as provided by Pub. L. No. 103-382
17-5 and its subsequent amendments, and by federal regulations
17-6 implementing that Act, at a campus at which at least 50 percent of
17-7 the students are educationally disadvantaged [and may only be spent
17-8 to improve and enhance programs and services funded under the
17-9 regular education program]. In meeting the costs of providing a
17-10 compensatory, intensive, or accelerated instruction program under
17-11 Section 29.081, a [A] district's compensatory education allotment
17-12 may be used only for costs supplementary to the regular education
17-13 program, such as costs for program and student evaluation,
17-14 instructional materials and equipment and other supplies required
17-15 for quality instruction, supplemental staff expenses, salary for
17-16 teachers of at-risk students, smaller class size, and
17-17 individualized instruction. A home-rule school district or an
17-18 open-enrollment charter school must use funds allocated under
17-19 Subsection (a) for a purpose authorized in this subsection [to
17-20 provide compensatory education services] but is not otherwise
17-21 subject to Subchapter C, Chapter 29. Notwithstanding any other
17-22 provisions of this section:
17-23 (1) to ensure that a sufficient amount of the funds
17-24 allotted under this section are available to supplement
17-25 instructional programs and services, no more than 20 percent of the
17-26 funds allotted under this section may be used to fund disciplinary
18-1 alternative education programs established under Section 37.008;
18-2 (2) no more than half of any disciplinary alternative
18-3 education program campus's total budget may be funded from this
18-4 section's allotment; and
18-5 (3) the commissioner may waive the limitations of
18-6 Subdivisions (1) and (2) upon an annual petition, by a district's
18-7 board and a district's site-based decision making committee,
18-8 presenting the reason for the need to spend supplemental
18-9 compensatory education funds on disciplinary alternative education
18-10 programs under Section 37.008 in excess of the limits established
18-11 in Subsections (a) and (b). The district shall in its petition
18-12 report the number of students in each grade level, by demographic
18-13 subgroup, not making satisfactory progress under the state's
18-14 assessment system. The commissioner will make this waiver request
18-15 information available annually to the public on the agency's
18-16 website.
18-17 (r) The commissioner shall grant a one-year exemption from
18-18 the requirements of Subsection (g) to a school district in which
18-19 the group of students who have failed to perform satisfactorily in
18-20 the preceding school year on an assessment instrument required
18-21 under Section 39.023(a), (c), or (l) subsequently performs on those
18-22 assessment instruments at a level that meets or exceeds a level
18-23 prescribed by commissioner rule. Each year the commissioner, based
18-24 on the most recent information available, shall determine if a
18-25 school district is entitled to an exemption for the following
18-26 school year and notify the district of that determination.
19-1 (s) Subsection (r) applies beginning with the 2003-2004
19-2 school year. This subsection expires September 1, 2004.
19-3 (t) A reduction made under this section or the General
19-4 Appropriations Act in the allotment under this section does not
19-5 affect the computation of students in weighted average daily
19-6 attendance for purposes of Subchapter F.
19-7 (u) [(t)] For each year of a state fiscal biennium, the
19-8 commissioner shall reduce the guaranteed level of state and local
19-9 funds per weighted student per cent of tax effort under Section
19-10 42.302 by an amount sufficient to reduce state costs in an amount
19-11 equal to the increase in state costs due to the application of
19-12 Subsection (t) [(s)]. The commissioner shall determine the same
19-13 reduction for each year and shall announce the determination as
19-14 soon as practicable after August 1 preceding the beginning of the
19-15 biennium. A determination by the commissioner under this section
19-16 is final and may not be appealed.
19-17 SECTION 12. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this
19-18 section, this Act applies beginning with the 2001-2002 school year.
19-19 (b) Subsection (g), Section 39.051, Education Code, as added
19-20 by this Act, and Subsection (e), Section 39.053, Education Code, as
19-21 amended by this Act, apply beginning with the 2003-2004 school
19-22 year.
19-23 (c) Section 39.182, Education Code, as amended by this Act,
19-24 applies beginning with the report required to be prepared not later
19-25 than December 1, 2001, except that the Texas Education Agency shall
19-26 include information specified under Paragraph (E), Subdivision (8),
20-1 Subsection (a), Section 39.182, Education Code, as added by this
20-2 Act, beginning with the report due December 1, 2004, and shall
20-3 include, to the extent available, alternative information relating
20-4 to students who leave school in the reports due in 2001, 2002, and
20-5 2003.
20-6 SECTION 13. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
20-7 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
20-8 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
20-9 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
20-10 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.