81R2239 KKA-D
By: Watson S.B. No. 939
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the capability of the Public Education Information
Management System (PEIMS) to provide information regarding public
school students placed in foster care.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 42.006, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
(c-1) The commissioner's rules must ensure that the Public
Education Information Management System contains all information
necessary to permit the agency to track the performance of students
placed in foster care. As necessary to achieve that capability, the
Department of Family and Protective Services shall provide school
districts or the agency, as appropriate, with information regarding
the identity of students placed in foster care. Information
provided by the Department of Family and Protective Services under
this subsection or contained in the Public Education Information
Management System regarding the specific identity of students in
foster care is confidential, and the privacy of those students must
be protected in accordance with rules adopted by the commissioner.
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, 2009.