BILL ANALYSIS

S.B. 1404

By: Hughes

Public Education

Committee Report (Unamended)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

Interested parties note the benefits of after-school programs but suggest that there is a need for more data to quantitatively demonstrate the outcomes of these programs. S.B. 1404 seeks to satisfy that need by requiring the reporting of certain information regarding expanded learning opportunities.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that rulemaking authority is expressly granted to the commissioner of education in SECTION 1 of this bill.

ANALYSIS

S.B. 1404 amends the Education Code to require the commissioner of education by rule to require each public school district and open-enrollment charter school to report through the Public Education Information Management System information for each campus of the district or school regarding the availability of expanded learning opportunities and the number of students participating in each of the categories of expanded learning opportunities listed under applicable law.

EFFECTIVE DATE

On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2017.