Bill Text: TX HB4399 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the reporting of certain instructional procedures adopted by public schools due to the coronavirus disease pandemic.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-29 - Referred to Public Education [HB4399 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB4399-Introduced.html
87R5650 MWC-D | ||
By: Goodwin | H.B. No. 4399 |
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relating to the reporting of certain instructional procedures | ||
adopted by public schools due to the coronavirus disease pandemic. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 29, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 29.927 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 29.927. REPORTING OF CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATED TO | ||
INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES ADOPTED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS DISEASE | ||
(COVID-19) PANDEMIC; AGENCY REPORT. (a) The agency by rule shall | ||
require each school district and open-enrollment charter school to | ||
report on instructional procedures adopted by the district or | ||
school due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, | ||
including the following information in the form and manner | ||
prescribed by the agency: | ||
(1) the level of student engagement in instruction | ||
since the onset of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, | ||
including: | ||
(A) the number of students who have been engaged | ||
in instruction during and after the 2020-2021 school year; | ||
(B) the number of students who were not engaged | ||
in instruction for a period of time during or after the 2020-2021 | ||
school year but who, at the time of the report, are engaged in | ||
instruction; | ||
(C) the number of students who are not, at the | ||
time of the report, engaged in instruction; and | ||
(D) the number of students with whom, at the time | ||
of the report, the district or school has no contact; | ||
(2) the number of student disciplinary incidents, | ||
including the number of incidents related to: | ||
(A) a dress code or hairstyle violation; | ||
(B) possessing offensive visual material in a | ||
learning environment; | ||
(C) the required supervision or presence of an | ||
adult in a remote learning environment; and | ||
(D) a violation of the student code of conduct; | ||
and | ||
(3) information regarding student Internet access, | ||
including: | ||
(A) the number of students with access to | ||
broadband Internet; | ||
(B) the types of devices issued by the district | ||
or school that are used by students to access the Internet for | ||
learning and instruction; | ||
(C) the number of devices issued by the district | ||
or school to students to facilitate student Internet connectivity; | ||
(D) the cost to the district or school of | ||
providing and maintaining devices issued by the district or school | ||
for student Internet connectivity; and | ||
(E) any cost or charge paid by the student for the | ||
instructional use of a device issued to the student by the district | ||
or school for the student's Internet connectivity. | ||
(b) The information included in the report required by | ||
Subsection (a) must be disaggregated by: | ||
(1) student race, ethnicity, sex, socioeconomic | ||
status, and grade level, students enrolled in a special education | ||
program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, students of limited English | ||
proficiency under Section 29.052, and students who are homeless; | ||
and | ||
(2) except for information required by Subsection | ||
(a)(3), the method by which instruction was offered, including if | ||
the instruction was offered: | ||
(A) in person; | ||
(B) remotely and synchronously; or | ||
(C) remotely and asynchronously. | ||
(c) The rules adopted under Subsection (a) must require a | ||
school district or open-enrollment charter school to submit the | ||
first report not later than December 1, 2021. A district or school | ||
must submit a report required by this section every 90 days. | ||
(d) The agency shall prepare and submit a report to the | ||
legislature based on the information collected under Subsection | ||
(a). The agency shall submit the first report required under this | ||
subsection not later than January 1, 2022. The agency must submit a | ||
report required by this section every 90 days. | ||
(e) This section expires September 1, 2024. | ||
SECTION 2. 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. |