85R3540 PAM-F
By: Moody H.B. No. 452
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the notice to the parent or other person having lawful
control of a public school student concerning the student's class
performance.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 28.022(a), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) The board of trustees of each school district shall
adopt a policy that:
(1) provides for a conference between parents and
teachers;
(2) requires the district, at least once every 12
weeks, to give written notice to a parent of:
(A) a student's performance in each class or
subject; and
(B) the number of students that, on the last day
of the period for which the notice is given, were enrolled in each
of the student's classes, including the class for a particular
subject; and
(3) requires the district, at least once every three
weeks, or during the fourth week of each nine-week grading period,
to give written notice to a parent [or legal guardian] of:
(A) a student's performance in a subject included
in the foundation curriculum under Section 28.002(a)(1) if the
student's performance in the subject is consistently
unsatisfactory, as determined by the district; and
(B) the number of students that, on the last day
of the period for which the notice is given, were enrolled in the
student's class for the subject for which the notice is given.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018
school year.
SECTION 3. 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.