By: Howard H.B. No. 3923
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to students actively working a program of recovery from a
substance use disorder at risk of dropping out of school.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 29.081(d), Education Code, is amended by
adding subsection (14) to read as follows:
(d) For purposes of this section, "student at risk of
dropping out of school" includes each student who is under 26 years
of age and who:
(1) was not advanced from one grade level to the next
for one or more school years;
(2) if the student is in grade 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, or 12,
did not maintain an average equivalent to 70 on a scale of 100 in two
or more subjects in the foundation curriculum during a semester in
the preceding or current school year or is not maintaining such an
average in two or more subjects in the foundation curriculum in the
current semester;
(3) did not perform satisfactorily on an assessment
instrument administered to the student under Subchapter B, Chapter
39, and who has not in the previous or current school year
subsequently performed on that instrument or another appropriate
instrument at a level equal to at least 110 percent of the level of
satisfactory performance on that instrument;
(4) if the student is in prekindergarten,
kindergarten, or grade 1, 2, or 3, did not perform satisfactorily on
a readiness test or assessment instrument administered during the
current school year;
(5) is pregnant or is a parent;
(6) has been placed in an alternative education
program in accordance with Section 37.006 during the preceding or
current school year;
(7) has been expelled in accordance with Section
37.007 during the preceding or current school year;
(8) is currently on parole, probation, deferred
prosecution, or other conditional release;
(9) was previously reported through the Public
Education Information Management System (PEIMS) to have dropped out
of school;
(10) is a student of limited English proficiency, as
defined by Section 29.052;
(11) is in the custody or care of the Department of
Protective and Regulatory Services or has, during the current
school year, been referred to the department by a school official,
officer of the juvenile court, or law enforcement official;
(12) is homeless, as defined by 42 U.S.C. Section
11302, and its subsequent amendments; [or]
(13) resided in the preceding school year or resides
in the current school year in a residential placement facility in
the district, including a detention facility, substance abuse
treatment facility, emergency shelter, psychiatric hospital,
halfway house, or foster group home; or
(14) is actively working a program of recovery from a
substance use disorder in a non-residential high school that
partners with an onsite recovery program specifically designed for
recovery support.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.