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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to reporting by school districts for purposes of the |
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Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) of data on |
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students who drop out or otherwise leave public school. |
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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 Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows: |
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(e) The commissioner's rules concerning the manner in which |
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a school district is required to report data for the Public |
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Education Information Management System on students who drop out or |
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otherwise leave school must require a district to use only the |
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following categories, without allowing subcategories, for |
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reporting the reason for a student leaving school: |
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(1) completed high school; |
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(2) completed a general education development |
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program; |
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(3) moved to another educational setting; |
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(4) withdrawn by the district; |
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(5) dropped out of school; |
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(6) is deceased; and |
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(7) left school for a reason other than a reason |
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specified by this subsection. |
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(f) If a school district does not already have reliable |
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written verification concerning which category under Subsection |
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(e) applies to a student who has dropped out or otherwise left |
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school, before categorizing a student under Subsection (e)(2), (3), |
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(5), or (7), a district must send by regular mail or e-mail to the |
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student, a parent or guardian of the student, or another school, as |
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appropriate, a request for verification of whether that category |
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accurately describes the reason the student left school. If a |
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district has made a diligent effort to obtain verification under |
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this subsection and, by the 30th day after the date on which |
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verification was requested, does not have verification concerning |
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which category under Subsection (e) applies to a student, the |
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district may categorize the student under Subsection (e)(7). |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2011-2012 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2011. |