HB 742, Hse 2nd Rdg, Amnd #1

(h) Using information reported under Section 11.179 and the report under Subsection (g), the agency shall conduct a study that compares the academic performance of students in each school district that participates in the program with the academic performance of students in at least 10 districts that do not participate in the program to determine the type and amount of instruction and student participation in school-sponsored or school-related activities that most contribute to improved academic performance.

(2) On page 6, line 4, strike "(h)" and substitute "(i)".

(3) On page 6, line 8, strike "(f) and (g)" and substitute "(f), (g), and (h)".

(4) On page 6, line 9, strike "(i)" and substitute "(j)".

(5) Insert the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____. Subchapter C, Chapter 7, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 7.064 to read as follows:

Sec. 7.064. ANNUAL REPORT CONCERNING STUDENT HOURS. (a) For each school year, the commissioner shall prepare a report that compiles the information submitted to the commissioner by school districts and open-enrollment charter schools under Sections 11.179 and 12.104(b-1), respectively.

(b) Not later than August 1 of each year, the commissioner shall submit the report prepared under Subsection (a) to the:

(2) lieutenant governor;

(3) speaker of the house of representatives; and

(4) presiding officers of the standing committees of the senate and house of representatives having primary jurisdiction over primary and secondary education.

SECTION ____. Subchapter D, Chapter 11, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 11.179 to read as follows:

Sec. 11.179. STUDENT HOURS REPORTING REQUIREMENT. (a) Not later than July 1 of each year, the board of trustees of an independent school district shall prepare and submit to the commissioner a report for the school year that ended during the preceding calendar year that, for each class and for each grade level at each district campus, indicates the average and total number of hours students spent on campus:

(1) receiving classroom instruction;

(2) receiving special instruction, disaggregated by the type of instruction; and

(3) participating in school-sponsored or school-related activities, disaggregated by the type of activity in which the students engaged.

(b) The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary for purposes of this section.

SECTION ____. Section 12.104, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:

(b-1) The governing body of an open-enrollment charter school shall comply with the student hours reporting requirement as provided by Section 11.179 as though:

(1) the open-enrollment charter school were an independent school district; and

(2) an open-enrollment charter school campus were a school district campus.

SECTION ____. (a) Not later than August 1, 2014, the commissioner of education shall submit a report concerning the 2012-2013 school year, as required by Section 7.064, Education Code, as added by this Act.

(b) Not later than July 1, 2014, the board of trustees of a school district shall submit to the commissioner of education a report concerning the 2012-2013 school year, as required by Section 11.179, Education Code, as added by this Act.

(c) Not later than July 1, 2014, the governing body of an open-enrollment charter school shall submit to the commissioner of education a report concerning the 2012-2013 school year, as required under Section 12.104(b-1), Education Code, as added by this Act.