| 1 | 1 | | 85R2007 KJE-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Guillen H.B. No. 69 |
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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 a requirement that school districts and open-enrollment |
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| 8 | 8 | | charter schools report certain information regarding children with |
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| 9 | 9 | | disabilities who reside in residential facilities. |
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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. Section 29.012, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 12 | 12 | | adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (c-1) The commissioner by rule shall require each school |
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| 14 | 14 | | district and open-enrollment charter school to include in the |
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| 15 | 15 | | district's or school's Public Education Information Management |
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| 16 | 16 | | System (PEIMS) report the number of children with disabilities |
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| 17 | 17 | | residing in a residential facility who: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (1) are required to be tracked by the Residential |
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| 19 | 19 | | Facility Monitoring (RFM) System; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | (2) receive educational services from the district or |
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| 21 | 21 | | school. |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 |
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| 23 | 23 | | school year. |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 25 | 25 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 26 | 26 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 27 | 27 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 28 | 28 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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