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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to reporting certain truancy information through the |
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Public Education Information Management System. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 42.006, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (a-6) to read as follows: |
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(a-6) The commissioner by rule shall require each school |
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district and open-enrollment charter school to report through the |
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Public Education Information Management System information |
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disaggregated by campus and grade regarding: |
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(1) the number of children who are required to attend |
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school under Section 25.085 and fail to attend school without |
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excuse for 10 or more days or parts of days within a six-month |
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period in the same school year; |
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(2) the number of students for whom the district |
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initiates a truancy prevention measure under Section 25.0915(a-4); |
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and |
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(3) the number of parents of students against whom an |
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attendance officer or other appropriate school official has filed a |
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complaint under Section 25.093. |
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SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2020, the commissioner |
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of education shall adopt rules required by Section 42.006(a-6), |
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Education Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |