| 1 | 1 | | 85R7961 PAM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: King of Hemphill H.B. No. 1731 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the inclusion of students receiving treatment in a |
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| 8 | 8 | | residential facility in the determination of dropout rates for |
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| 9 | 9 | | purposes of public school accountability. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Subsection (f), Section 39.054, Education Code, |
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| 12 | 12 | | as effective September 1, 2017, is transferred to Section 39.053, |
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| 13 | 13 | | Education Code, redesignated as Subsection (g-3), Section 39.053, |
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| 14 | 14 | | Education Code, and amended to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (g-3) [(f)] In the computation of dropout rates under |
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| 16 | 16 | | Subsections (c)(4)(A)(i) [Sections 39.053(c)(4)(A)(i)] and |
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| 17 | 17 | | (B)(ii)(a), a student who is released from a juvenile |
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| 18 | 18 | | pre-adjudication secure detention facility or juvenile |
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| 19 | 19 | | post-adjudication secure correctional facility and fails to enroll |
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| 20 | 20 | | in school or a student who leaves a residential treatment center or |
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| 21 | 21 | | facility, including a residential facility under Section 29.012, |
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| 22 | 22 | | after receiving treatment [for fewer than 85 days] and fails to |
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| 23 | 23 | | enroll in school may not be considered to have dropped out from the |
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| 24 | 24 | | school district or campus serving the facility or center unless |
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| 25 | 25 | | that district or campus is the one to which the student is regularly |
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| 26 | 26 | | assigned. The agency may not limit an appeal relating to dropout |
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| 27 | 27 | | computations under this subsection. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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