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1		-	By: Naishtat (Senate Sponsor - West) H.B. No. 1804
2		-	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2015;
3		-	April 28, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Health
4		-	and Human Services; May 22, 2015, reported favorably by the
5		-	following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 22, 2015, sent to printer.)
6		-	Click here to see the committee vote
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9		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
10	4		AN ACT
11	5		relating to notice by campuses and open-enrollment charter schools
12	6		about events that may significantly impact the education of certain
13	7		foster children.
14	8		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
15	9		SECTION 1. Section 25.007(b), Education Code, as amended by
16	10		Chapters 688 (H.B. 2619) and 1354 (S.B. 1404), Acts of the 83rd
17	11		Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is reenacted and amended to
18	12		read as follows:
19	13		(b) In recognition of the challenges faced by students in
20	14		substitute care, the agency shall assist the transition of
21	15		substitute care students from one school to another by:
22	16		(1) ensuring that school records for a student in
23	17		substitute care are transferred to the student's new school not
24	18		later than the 10th working day after the date the student begins
25	19		enrollment at the school;
26	20		(2) developing systems to ease transition of a student
27	21		in substitute care during the first two weeks of enrollment at a new
28	22		school;
29	23		(3) developing procedures for awarding credit,
30	24		including partial credit if appropriate, for course work, including
31	25		electives, completed by a student in substitute care while enrolled
32	26		at another school;
33	27		(4) promoting practices that facilitate access by a
34	28		student in substitute care to extracurricular programs, summer
35	29		programs, credit transfer services, electronic courses provided
36	30		under Chapter 30A, and after-school tutoring programs at nominal or
37	31		no cost;
38	32		(5) establishing procedures to lessen the adverse
39	33		impact of the movement of a student in substitute care to a new
40	34		school;
41	35		(6) entering into a memorandum of understanding with
42	36		the Department of Family and Protective Services regarding the
43	37		exchange of information as appropriate to facilitate the transition
44	38		of students in substitute care from one school to another;
45	39		(7) encouraging school districts and open-enrollment
46	40		charter schools to provide services for a student in substitute
47	41		care in transition when applying for admission to postsecondary
48	42		study and when seeking sources of funding for postsecondary study;
49	43		(8) requiring school districts, campuses, and
50	44		open-enrollment charter schools to accept a referral for special
51	45		education services made for a student in substitute care by a school
52	46		previously attended by the student;
53	47		(9) requiring school districts, campuses, and
54	48		open-enrollment charter schools to provide notice to the child's
55	49		educational decision-maker and caseworker regarding events that
56	50		may significantly impact the education of a child, including:
57	51		(A) requests or referrals for an evaluation under
58	52		Section 504, Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. Section 794), or
59	53		special education under Section 29.003;
60	54		(B) admission, review, and dismissal committee
61	55		meetings;
62	56		(C) manifestation determination reviews required
63	57		by Section 37.004(b);
64	58		(D) any disciplinary actions under Chapter 37 for
65	59		which parental notice is required;
66	60		(E) citations issued for Class C misdemeanor
67	61		offenses on school property or at school-sponsored activities;
68	62		(F) reports of restraint and seclusion required
69	63		by Section 37.0021; and
70	64		(G) use of corporal punishment as provided by
71	65		Section 37.0011; [and]
72	66		(10) developing procedures for allowing a student in
73	67		substitute care who was previously enrolled in a course required
74	68		for graduation the opportunity, to the extent practicable, to
75	69		complete the course, at no cost to the student, before the beginning
76	70		of the next school year;
77	71		(11) ensuring that a student in substitute care who is
78	72		not likely to receive a high school diploma before the fifth school
79	73		year following the student's enrollment in grade nine, as
80	74		determined by the district, has the student's course credit accrual
81	75		and personal graduation plan reviewed; [and]
82	76		(12) ensuring that a student in substitute care who is
83	77		in grade 11 or 12 be provided information regarding tuition and fee
84	78		exemptions under Section 54.366 for dual-credit or other courses
85	79		provided by a public institution of higher education for which a
86	80		high school student may earn joint high school and college credit;
87	81		and
88	82		(13) [(10)] providing other assistance as identified
89	83		by the agency.
90	84		SECTION 2. Section 25.007(b), Education Code, as amended by
91	85		this Act, applies beginning with the 2015-2016 school year.
92	86		SECTION 3. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
93	87		over another Act of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015,
94	88		relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
95	89		codes.
96	90		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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	91	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	92	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	93	+	I certify that H.B. No. 1804 was passed by the House on April
	94	+	23, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 2, 2 present, not
	95	+	voting.
	96	+	______________________________
	97	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	98	+	I certify that H.B. No. 1804 was passed by the Senate on May
	99	+	24, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 1.
	100	+	______________________________
	101	+	Secretary of the Senate
	102	+	APPROVED: _____________________
	103	+	Date
	104	+	_____________________
	105	+	Governor