By: Ashby (Senate Sponsor - Nichols) H.B. No. 1569
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2017;
May 5, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on
Education; May 21, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0;
May 21, 2017, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1569 By: Taylor of Collin
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the disclosure to public schools of certain records of
students placed in residential facilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 29.012, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (f) and (g) to read as follows:
(f) Except as provided by Subsection (g), a residential
facility shall provide to a school district or open-enrollment
charter school that provides educational services to a student
placed in the facility any information retained by the facility
relating to:
(1) the student's school records, including records
regarding:
(A) special education eligibility or services;
(B) behavioral intervention plans;
(C) school-related disciplinary actions; and
(D) other documents related to the student's
educational needs;
(2) any other behavioral history information
regarding the student that is not confidential under another
provision of law; and
(3) the student's record of convictions or the
student's probation, community supervision, or parole status, as
provided to the facility by a law enforcement agency, local
juvenile probation department or juvenile parole office, community
supervision and corrections department, or parole office, if the
information is needed to provide educational services to the
student.
(g) Subsection (f) does not apply to a:
(1) juvenile pre-adjudication secure detention
facility; or
(2) juvenile post-adjudication secure correctional
facility.
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, 2017.
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