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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to excluding certain students from the computation of |
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dropout and completion rates for purposes of public school |
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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 such as high |
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school graduation rates under Subsection (c)(1)(B)(ix), the |
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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 an unschooled asylee |
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or refugee as defined by Section 39.027(a-1); |
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(5) students who are detained at a county |
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pre-adjudication or post-adjudication juvenile detention facility |
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and: |
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(A) in the district exclusively as a function of |
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having been detained at the facility but are otherwise not students |
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of the district in which the facility is located; or |
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(B) provided services by an open-enrollment |
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charter school exclusively as the result of having been detained at |
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the facility; [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 have suffered a condition, injury, or |
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illness that requires substantial medical care and leaves the |
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student: |
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(A) unable to attend school; and |
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(B) assigned to a medical or residential |
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treatment facility. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 |
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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, 2019. |
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