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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the capability of the Public Education Information |
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Management System (PEIMS) to provide information regarding public |
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school students placed in foster care. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 42.006, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: |
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(c-1) The commissioner's rules must ensure that the Public |
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Education Information Management System contains all information |
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necessary to permit the agency to track the performance of students |
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placed in foster care. As necessary to achieve that capability, the |
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Department of Family and Protective Services shall provide school |
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districts or the agency, as appropriate, with information regarding |
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the identity of students placed in foster care. Information |
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provided by the Department of Family and Protective Services under |
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this subsection or contained in the Public Education Information |
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Management System regarding the specific identity of students in |
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foster care is confidential, and the privacy of those students must |
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be protected in accordance with rules adopted by the commissioner. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |