By: Deuell S.B. No. 185
(In the Senate - Filed January 17, 2013; January 29, 2013,
read first time and referred to Committee on Education;
March 6, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8,
Nays 0; March 6, 2013, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to information regarding the number of public school
students with dyslexia.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 42.006, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) The commissioner by rule shall require each school
district and open-enrollment charter school to report through the
Public Education Information Management System information
regarding the number of students enrolled in the district or school
who are identified as having dyslexia. The agency shall maintain
the information provided in accordance with this subsection.
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, 2013.
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