Bill Text: TX HB2183 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to school district and open-enrollment charter school reporting of certain releases of a student to the student's parent after school-initiated communication.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-17 - Left pending in committee [HB2183 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2183-Introduced.html
| 86R9579 SOS-F | ||
| By: Allen | H.B. No. 2183 | |
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| relating to school district and open-enrollment charter school | ||
| reporting of certain releases of a student to the student's parent | ||
| after school-initiated communication. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 25, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 25.0875 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 25.0875. REPORTING OF RELEASE OF STUDENT TO PARENT | ||
| AFTER SCHOOL-INITIATED COMMUNICATION. (a) In this section, | ||
| "parent" includes a person standing in parental relation. | ||
| (b) A school district or open-enrollment charter school | ||
| that releases a student to the student's parent before the end of | ||
| the instructional day and after the parent receives a | ||
| school-initiated communication shall provide to the agency a report | ||
| about the communication and the student's release not later than | ||
| the third instructional day after the date the communication and | ||
| release occur if the district or school releases the student: | ||
| (1) as a disciplinary management technique; or | ||
| (2) as a reaction to the student's behavior that | ||
| impedes the student's ability to learn but does not: | ||
| (A) violate the student code of conduct under | ||
| Section 37.001; or | ||
| (B) require disciplinary action. | ||
| (c) A report required under Subsection (b) must include: | ||
| (1) the name of the student; | ||
| (2) the race, ethnicity, sex, and socioeconomic status | ||
| of the student; | ||
| (3) a statement of whether the student receives | ||
| special education services under Subchapter A, Chapter 29; | ||
| (4) a statement of whether the student is identified | ||
| as a student of limited English proficiency, as defined by Section | ||
| 29.052; | ||
| (5) a statement of whether the student's release was an | ||
| excused absence under Section 25.087; | ||
| (6) a statement of the approximate amount of the | ||
| instructional day remaining after the student's release; | ||
| (7) the date of the school-initiated communication and | ||
| the release of the student; | ||
| (8) the reason for the school-initiated communication | ||
| and the release of the student; | ||
| (9) the approximate time of the communication; | ||
| (10) the approximate time of the student's release; | ||
| and | ||
| (11) a summary of the communication. | ||
| (d) A school district or open-enrollment charter school | ||
| shall retain a copy of each report provided under Subsection (b). | ||
| (e) In addition to the individual reporting requirement | ||
| under this section, the commissioner by rule shall: | ||
| (1) require each school district and open-enrollment | ||
| charter school annually to report through the Public Education | ||
| Information Management System the information described under | ||
| Subsections (c)(2) through (10); and | ||
| (2) ensure the reporting required by this section | ||
| complies with federal law regarding confidentiality of student | ||
| medical or educational information, including the Health Insurance | ||
| Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. Section 1320d | ||
| et seq.) and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 | ||
| (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g), and any state law relating to the privacy | ||
| of student information. | ||
| (f) The agency shall make the following information | ||
| collected under Subsection (e) available to the public, | ||
| disaggregated by: | ||
| (1) race; | ||
| (2) ethnicity; | ||
| (3) sex; | ||
| (4) socioeconomic status of the student; | ||
| (5) whether the student is in a special education | ||
| program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29; and | ||
| (6) whether the student is identified as a student of | ||
| limited English proficiency, as defined by Section 29.052. | ||
| (g) The agency shall provide the information under | ||
| Subsection (f) in a manner that does not identify an individual | ||
| student. The agency shall also make the information available to | ||
| the public in a manner showing all intersectional data for the | ||
| categories described by Subsection (f). | ||
| SECTION 2. Chapter 26, Education Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Section 26.0045 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 26.0045. ACCESS TO REPORT OF RELEASE OF STUDENT. A | ||
| parent is entitled to access to a copy of each report provided to | ||
| the agency under Section 25.0875 with respect to the parent's | ||
| child. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 | ||
| school year. | ||
| SECTION 4. 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, 2019. | ||
