Bill Text: TX HB2926 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to reporting by school districts for purposes of the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) of data on students who drop out or otherwise leave public school.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-17 - Referred to Public Education [HB2926 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2926-Introduced.html
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By: Farias | H.B. No. 2926 |
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relating to reporting by school districts for purposes of the | ||
Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) of data on | ||
students who drop out or otherwise leave public school. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 42.006, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows: | ||
(e) The commissioner's rules concerning the manner in which | ||
a school district is required to report data for the Public | ||
Education Information Management System on students who drop out or | ||
otherwise leave school must require a district to use only the | ||
following categories, without allowing subcategories, for | ||
reporting the reason for a student leaving school: | ||
(1) completed high school; | ||
(2) completed a general education development | ||
program; | ||
(3) moved to another educational setting; | ||
(4) withdrawn by the district; | ||
(5) dropped out of school; | ||
(6) is deceased; and | ||
(7) left school for a reason other than a reason | ||
specified by this subsection. | ||
(f) If a school district does not already have reliable | ||
written verification concerning which category under Subsection | ||
(e) applies to a student who has dropped out or otherwise left | ||
school, before categorizing a student under Subsection (e)(2), (3), | ||
(5), or (7), a district must send by regular mail or e-mail to the | ||
student, a parent or guardian of the student, or another school, as | ||
appropriate, a request for verification of whether that category | ||
accurately describes the reason the student left school. If a | ||
district has made a diligent effort to obtain verification under | ||
this subsection and, by the 30th day after the date on which | ||
verification was requested, does not have verification concerning | ||
which category under Subsection (e) applies to a student, the | ||
district may categorize the student under Subsection (e)(7). | ||
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2011-2012 | ||
school year. | ||
SECTION 3. 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, 2011. |