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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the collection of data through the Public Education |
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Information Management System (PEIMS) as to the foster care status |
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of public school students. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 7.029, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: |
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(b-1) To facilitate implementation of Subsection (a)(2), |
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the agency shall, in the manner established by commissioner rule, |
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collect data through the Public Education Information Management |
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System (PEIMS) as to the foster care status of students. |
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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, 2013. |