82R7971 PAM-D
By: Martinez Fischer H.B. No. 2747
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to reporting information regarding public school student
dropout rates.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 7.008, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) to read as
follows:
(c) The procedures developed under this section must
provide:
(1) a summarized format easily understood by the
public for reporting financial and academic performance
information, including information relating to student dropout
rates, on the agency Internet website; and
(2) the ability for those who access the Internet
website to view and download state, district, and campus level
information.
(c-1) For purposes of Subsection (c), the home page of the
agency's Internet website must include a prominent link to
information relating to student dropout rates.
SECTION 2. Subchapter J, Chapter 39, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 39.309 to read as follows:
Sec. 39.309. DROPOUT INFORMATION MAINTAINED ON DISTRICT
WEBSITE. (a) A school district shall maintain on the home page of
the district's Internet website a prominent link to a summarized
format easily understood by the public in which the district posts
information reported under Section 42.006(c-1) relating to student
dropout rates.
(b) This section does not authorize the disclosure of
student information that may not be disclosed under the Family
Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. Section
1232g). A school district shall comply with rules adopted by the
commissioner under Section 7.008 to protect the confidentiality of
student information.
SECTION 3. Section 42.006, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
(c-1) For purposes of Subsection (c)(1), each school
district shall report information relating to student dropout rates
each six-week period during the school year.
SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2011-2012
school year.
SECTION 5. 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.