85R10997 SRS-D
By: Taylor of Galveston S.B. No. 2081
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to information regarding the number of public school
students receiving certain special education services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 42.006, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a-1) and adding Subsection (a-2) to read as
follows:
(a-1) The commissioner by rule shall require each school
district and open-enrollment charter school to report through the
Public Education Information Management System information
regarding:
(1) the number of students enrolled in the district or
school who are identified as having dyslexia;
(2) the number of students enrolled in the district or
school who are covered by Section 504, Rehabilitation Act of 1973
(29 U.S.C. Section 794); and
(3) the number of students enrolled in the district or
school who are receiving assistance for learning difficulties
through the use of response to intervention strategies.
(a-2) The agency shall maintain the information provided
under Subsection (a-1) in accordance with that [this] subsection.
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.