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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 completion rates for |
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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, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (g-2) to read as follows: |
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(g-2) In computing completion rates under Subsection |
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(c)(2), the commissioner shall exclude students who: |
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(1) are at least 18 years of age as of September 1 of |
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the school year as reported for the fall semester Public Education |
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Information Management System (PEIMS) submission and have |
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satisfied the credit requirements for high school graduation; |
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(2) have not completed their individualized education |
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program under 19 T.A.C. Section 89.1070(b)(2) and the Individuals |
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with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. Section 1400 et seq.); |
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and |
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(3) 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. |