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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to required reporting regarding a school district's |
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program for gifted and talented students. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 29, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 29.124 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 29.124. PEIMS REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. Each school |
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district shall include the following information in the district's |
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Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) report: |
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(1) the name and contact information of the district |
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administrator responsible for ensuring that the district is in |
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compliance with this subchapter; |
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(2) whether the district uses data from an entire |
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grade level to identify gifted and talented students; and |
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(3) if applicable, the grade levels for which the |
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district identifies gifted and talented students as described by |
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Subdivision (2). |
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SECTION 2. Section 39.306, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (d-1) and adding Subsection (d-2) to read as |
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follows: |
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(d-1) The comparison provided by the agency under |
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Subsection (d) must include a comparison of college, career, and |
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military readiness achievement between students served in a program |
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for gifted and talented students and students served in other |
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programs. |
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(d-2) The report must also include the number of school |
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counselors providing counseling services at each campus. |
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SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 4. 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, 2023. |