Bill Text: TX HB2972 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 2972 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the exemption of the absence from school of a student with a chronic or debilitating illness or condition from the calculation of student attendance for purposes of school accountability.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-22 - Referred to Public Education [HB2972 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB2972-Introduced.html

	85R9956 GCB-F

	By: Neave	H.B. No. 2972



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the exemption of the absence from school of a student
	with a chronic or debilitating illness or condition from the
	calculation of student attendance for purposes of school
	accountability.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 39, Education Code, is
	amended by adding Section 39.0532 to read as follows:
	Sec. 39.0532. CALCULATION OF STUDENT ATTENDANCE IN
	EVALUATING SCHOOL PERFORMANCE. (a) The commissioner by rule shall
	develop and adopt a process for a school district to apply to the
	agency for an exemption from having an absence of a student with a
	chronic or debilitating illness or condition that is attributable
	to the student's illness or condition be included in the
	calculation of student attendance for purposes of the achievement
	indicator under Section 39.053(c)(4)(B)(i).
	(b) To apply for the exemption a school district must obtain
	documentation from a physician indicating that:
	(1) the student is a patient of the physician;
	(2) the student has a chronic or debilitating illness
	or condition; and
	(3) the absence for which the exemption is sought is
	attributable to the student's illness or condition.
	SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018
	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, 2017.