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Amend CSHB 5 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. (a) Subchapter B, Chapter 28, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 28.030 to read as follows:
Sec. 28.030. HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT SURVEY. (a) The agency shall post on the agency's Internet website a survey to be completed by high school students. The information requested by the survey must include:
(1) the student's race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and gender;
(2) the name of the school district the student attends;
(3) whether the student is bilingual;
(4) details regarding the student's graduation plan, including whether the student will graduate under the foundation high school program or the distinguished level of achievement under the foundation high school program and the reason the student selected the graduation plan;
(5) any endorsement described by Section 28.025(c-1) earned by the student and the reason the student selected the endorsement; and
(6) the postgraduation plans of the student, including whether the student will attend a community college, institution of higher education, or trade school and any workforce goals of the student, and the student's reasons for choosing those particular postgraduation plans.
(b) A school district shall require each student to complete the survey before the student graduates from high school.
(b) This section applies beginning with the 2017-2018 school year.