Bill Text: TX HB4273 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to reporting requirements by the Texas Education Agency and certain school districts and open-enrollment charter schools regarding student attendance during a declared disaster.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-29 - Referred to Public Education [HB4273 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB4273-Introduced.html
87R12419 BDP-D | ||
By: Hinojosa | H.B. No. 4273 |
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relating to reporting requirements by the Texas Education Agency | ||
and certain school districts and open-enrollment charter schools | ||
regarding student attendance during a declared disaster. | ||
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. REQUIRED REPORTING OF ATTENDANCE DURING | ||
DECLARED DISASTER. (a) In this section, "declared disaster" | ||
means: | ||
(1) a disaster declared by the president of the United | ||
States; | ||
(2) a state of disaster declared by the governor under | ||
Section 418.014, Government Code; or | ||
(3) a local state of disaster declared by the | ||
presiding officer of the governing body of a political subdivision | ||
under Section 418.108, Government Code. | ||
(b) If the operations or in-person student attendance of a | ||
school district or open-enrollment charter school are | ||
substantially disrupted as a result of a declared disaster, the | ||
district school shall submit a report to the agency in accordance | ||
with Subsections (c) and (d). | ||
(c) The report must include the total number, disaggregated | ||
by student grade level, gender, race, being enrolled in a special | ||
education program, being enrolled in a gifted and talented program, | ||
being at risk of dropping out of school, being in foster care, | ||
experiencing homelessness, being a dependent of military | ||
personnel, having limited English proficiency, or being a migratory | ||
child, of: | ||
(1) students attending in-person; | ||
(2) students attending remotely; and | ||
(3) students experiencing chronic absenteeism. | ||
(d) If the declared disaster lasts: | ||
(1) for a period of less than 90 days, each affected | ||
school district or open-enrollment charter school shall submit a | ||
report to the agency not later than the 30th day following the | ||
termination or expiration of the declared disaster; or | ||
(2) for a period of more than 90 days, each affected | ||
school district or open-enrollment charter school shall submit a | ||
report to the agency every 90 days for the duration of the declared | ||
disaster. | ||
(e) The agency shall: | ||
(1) aggregate the data received from each school | ||
district and open-enrollment charter school under this section; and | ||
(2) submit a report to the legislature not later than | ||
30 days after each required reporting period under Subsection (d). | ||
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022 | ||
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, 2021. |