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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to excluding certain adult students receiving special |
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education services from computation of dropout and completion rates |
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for purposes of public school accountability. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 39.053(g-1), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(g-1) In computing dropout and completion rates under |
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Subsection (c)(2), the commissioner shall exclude: |
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(1) students who are ordered by a court to attend a |
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high school equivalency certificate program but who have not yet |
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earned a high school equivalency certificate; |
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(2) students who were previously reported to the state |
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as dropouts, including a student who is reported as a dropout, |
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reenrolls, and drops out again, regardless of the number of times of |
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reenrollment and dropping out; |
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(3) students in attendance who are not in membership |
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for purposes of average daily attendance; |
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(4) students whose initial enrollment in a school in |
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the United States in grades 7 through 12 was as unschooled refugees |
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or asylees as defined by Section 39.027(a-1); |
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(5) students who are in the district exclusively as a |
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function of having been detained at a county detention facility but |
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are otherwise not students of the district in which the facility is |
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located; [and] |
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(6) students who are incarcerated in state jails and |
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federal penitentiaries as adults and as persons certified to stand |
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trial as adults; and |
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(7) students who: |
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(A) are at least 18 years of age and have |
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satisfied the credit requirements for high school graduation; |
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(B) have not completed their individualized |
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education program under 19 T.A.C. Section 89.1070(b)(2) and the |
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Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. Section 1400 |
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et seq.); and |
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(C) are enrolled and receiving individualized |
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education program services. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016 |
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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, 2015. |