By: Aycock, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Fraser) H.B. No. 525
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 15, 2013;
April 17, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on
Education; May 8, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 8, 2013, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the collection of data relating to military-connected
students through the Public Education Information Management
System (PEIMS).
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 25.006, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows:
(c) The agency shall collect data each year from school
districts and open-enrollment charter schools through the Public
Education Information Management System (PEIMS) relating to the
enrollment of military-connected students. The data relating to the
enrollment of military-connected students under this section:
(1) must include the number of active duty
military-connected students and the number of National Guard or
reserve military-connected students enrolled in the school
district or open-enrollment charter school on a date at the
beginning of the school year specified by the agency and a date at
the end of the school year specified by the agency; and
(2) may not be used for purposes of determining a
campus or district performance rating under Section 39.054.
(d) In this section, "military-connected student" means a
student enrolled in a school district or open-enrollment charter
school who is a dependent of a member of:
(1) the United States military serving in the Army,
Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard on active duty;
(2) the Texas National Guard; or
(3) a reserve force of the United States military.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014
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, 2013.
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