Bill Text: TX SB207 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to requiring certain students leaving public school to provide documentation necessary to ensure an accurate calculation of dropout rates.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-31 - Referred to Education [SB207 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB207-Introduced.html
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| By: Gallegos | S.B. No. 207 | |
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| relating to requiring certain students leaving public school to | ||
| provide documentation necessary to ensure an accurate calculation | ||
| of dropout rates. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 25, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 25.0861 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 25.0861. DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS FOR STUDENT | ||
| LEAVING SCHOOL TO RECEIVE HOME-SCHOOL INSTRUCTION. (a) In this | ||
| section, "qualified student" means a student who: | ||
| (1) is married; | ||
| (2) is 18 years of age or older; or | ||
| (3) has established a residence separate from the | ||
| student's parent, guardian, or other person having lawful control | ||
| of the student. | ||
| (b) This section applies only to a student previously | ||
| enrolled in a public school who, for the purpose of receiving | ||
| home-school instruction, withdraws from or otherwise no longer | ||
| attends public school. To satisfy documentation requirements for | ||
| data reported under the Public Education Information Management | ||
| System (PEIMS), a school shall, within the period prescribed by | ||
| commissioner rule, obtain regarding a student described by this | ||
| subsection documentation that: | ||
| (1) is in writing; | ||
| (2) includes a statement of intent for the student to | ||
| receive home-school instruction; and | ||
| (3) is signed and dated by: | ||
| (A) the student's parent, guardian, or other | ||
| person having lawful control of the student or the student if the | ||
| student is a qualified student; and | ||
| (B) an authorized representative of the school | ||
| district. | ||
| (c) A document provided to a school under Subsection (b) is | ||
| not a public record and is not subject to release under Chapter 552, | ||
| Government Code. | ||
| (d) Not later than January 1, 2012, the commissioner shall | ||
| amend rules regarding the Public Education Information Management | ||
| System (PEIMS) as necessary to conform to the requirements of this | ||
| section. This subsection expires January 31, 2012. | ||
| 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, 2011. | ||
