Bill Text: TX HB3003 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to school district programs to assist students in making the transition back to school after certain prolonged placements outside of school.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-23 - Left pending in committee [HB3003 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB3003-Introduced.html
83R9023 CAS-D | ||
By: Allen | H.B. No. 3003 |
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relating to school district programs to assist students in making | ||
the transition back to school after certain prolonged placements | ||
outside of school. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 29, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 29.921 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 29.921. PROGRAM TO ASSIST STUDENT TRANSITION BACK TO | ||
SCHOOL AFTER PROLONGED PLACEMENT OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL. (a) This | ||
section applies to the following facilities: | ||
(1) a disciplinary alternative education program; | ||
(2) a juvenile justice alternative education program; | ||
(3) a residential program or facility operated by or | ||
under contract with the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, a | ||
juvenile board, or any other governmental entity; | ||
(4) any residential treatment center; and | ||
(5) a public or private hospital. | ||
(b) Each school district shall establish and provide a | ||
program to assist district students in making the transition back | ||
to school after being in a facility listed under Subsection (a) for | ||
a period equivalent to 30 instructional days or more during the | ||
school year. The program must include development and | ||
implementation of a personalized transition service plan for each | ||
student who has been absent from school as described by this | ||
subsection. The principal of the school the student attends | ||
following the absence shall designate one or more appropriate | ||
school employees to develop the plan. To the greatest extent | ||
practicable, the plan must be developed in consultation with the | ||
student and the student's parent or person standing in parental | ||
relation to the student. To the extent appropriate for a particular | ||
student, the plan must include: | ||
(1) consideration of the best educational placement | ||
for the student; | ||
(2) provision of counseling, behavioral management | ||
assistance, or academic assistance by the school based on | ||
considerations described by Subsection (c) and the student's | ||
academic, school reentry, and career and employment goals; and | ||
(3) assistance concerning access to community mental | ||
health or substance abuse services. | ||
(c) A transition service plan under Subsection (b) must, to | ||
the greatest extent practicable, take into consideration any | ||
relevant aspect of the student's medical or psychological condition | ||
and any education or medical or other treatment the student has | ||
received while at a facility listed under Subsection (a). A school | ||
employee shall request the parental consent necessary to obtain | ||
information for purposes of this subsection. | ||
(d) As soon as a facility listed under Subsection (a) has | ||
determined the date of a student's release from the facility, the | ||
facility shall give notice of that date to the school district in | ||
which a student intends to attend school following release. The | ||
agency shall give annual written notice to each facility of the | ||
facility's duty under this subsection. This subsection applies | ||
only to a student subject to compulsory attendance requirements | ||
under Section 25.085. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act applies to absences from public school | ||
beginning with the 2013-2014 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, 2013. |