By: Huberty (Senate Sponsor - Deuell) H.B. No. 1264

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 4, 2013; April 29, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Education; May 8, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 8, 2013, sent to printer.)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to information regarding the number of public school students with dyslexia.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 42.006, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:

(a-1) The commissioner by rule shall require each school district and open-enrollment charter school to report through the Public Education Information Management System information regarding the number of students enrolled in the district or school who are identified as having dyslexia. The agency shall maintain the information provided in accordance with this subsection.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2013.

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