By: Ashby (Senate Sponsor - Nichols) H.B. No. 1569

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2017; May 5, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Education; May 21, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0; May 21, 2017, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1569 By: Taylor of Collin

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the disclosure to public schools of certain records of students placed in residential facilities.

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

SECTION 1. Section 29.012, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsections (f) and (g) to read as follows:

(f) Except as provided by Subsection (g), a residential facility shall provide to a school district or open-enrollment charter school that provides educational services to a student placed in the facility any information retained by the facility relating to:

(1) the student's school records, including records regarding:

(A) special education eligibility or services;

(B) behavioral intervention plans;

(C) school-related disciplinary actions; and

(D) other documents related to the student's educational needs;

(2) any other behavioral history information regarding the student that is not confidential under another provision of law; and

(3) the student's record of convictions or the student's probation, community supervision, or parole status, as provided to the facility by a law enforcement agency, local juvenile probation department or juvenile parole office, community supervision and corrections department, or parole office, if the information is needed to provide educational services to the student.

(g) Subsection (f) does not apply to a:

(1) juvenile pre-adjudication secure detention facility; or

(2) juvenile post-adjudication secure correctional facility.

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, 2017.

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