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Amend SB 186 by inserting the following appropriately
numbered SECTION and renumbering the subsequent SECTIONS of the
bill accordingly:
SECTION _____. Subchapter C, Chapter 39, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 39.056 to read as follows:
Sec. 39.056. EXPECTED GRADUATES, DROPOUT COUNT, AND DROPOUT
RATE; REPORT. (a) In this section:
(1) "A" is the number of students enrolled at a campus
at grade level 9;
(2) "B" is the number of students not enrolled at a
campus at grade level 9 who subsequently enroll at the campus at the
same grade level as the students described by Subdivision (1);
(3) "C" is the number of those students described by
Subdivisions (1) and (2) who:
(A) remain enrolled at the same campus; and
(B) at the end of the school year in which the
students are enrolled in grade level 12, have not met the
requirements for graduation under Subchapter B, Chapter 28;
(4) "D" is the number of those students described by
Subdivisions (1) and (2):
(A) who enroll at another campus, including a
private school campus, in a program that grants a high school
diploma; and
(B) whose enrollment is verified by the receiving
campus;
(5) "E" is the number of students described by
Subdivisions (1) and (2) who die while enrolled at the campus before
receiving a high school diploma;
(6) "F" is the number of students described by
Subdivisions (1) and (2) who receive a high school diploma before
completing grade level 12;
(7) "G" is the number of students who have met the
requirements for graduation under Subchapter B, Chapter 28;
(8) "DC" is the dropout count;
(9) "DR" is the dropout rate; and
(10) "EG" is the number of expected graduates.
(b) In addition to the computation of dropout rates under
Section 39.051(b)(2), the agency shall compute the following
dropout information for school campuses, school districts, and the
state and make the information available to the public in an annual
report:
(1) the number of expected graduates at a school campus,
as determined by the following formula:
EG = (A + B) – (C + D + E + F);
(2) the dropout count of students at a school campus, as
determined by the formula:
DC = EG – G; and
(3) the dropout rate of students at a school campus, as
determined by the formula:
DR = (DC / (A + B) ) x 100.
(c) The number of expected graduates, the dropout count, and
the dropout rate of students enrolled in a school district or in
this state are computed under this section in the same manner as the
number of expected graduates, the dropout count, and the dropout
rate of a campus under this section.
(d) The agency may not use for purposes of accountability or
accreditation the number of expected graduates, a dropout count, or
a dropout rate computed under this section.