| 13 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 7.028(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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| 15 | 11 | | read as follows: |
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| 16 | 12 | | (a) Except as provided by Section 29.001(5), 29.010(a), |
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| 17 | 13 | | 38.003, or 39.057, the agency may monitor compliance with |
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| 18 | 14 | | requirements applicable to a process or program provided by a |
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| 19 | 15 | | school district, campus, program, or school granted charters under |
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| 20 | 16 | | Chapter 12, including the process described by Subchapter F, |
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| 21 | 17 | | Chapter 11, or a program described by Subchapter B, C, D, E, F, H, or |
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| 22 | 18 | | I, Chapter 29, or Subchapter A, Chapter 37, [or Section 38.003,] and |
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| 23 | 19 | | the use of funds provided for such a program under Subchapter C, |
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| 24 | 20 | | Chapter 42, only as necessary to ensure: |
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| 25 | 21 | | (1) compliance with federal law and regulations; |
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| 26 | 22 | | (2) financial accountability, including compliance |
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| 27 | 23 | | with grant requirements; and |
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| 28 | 24 | | (3) data integrity for purposes of: |
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| 29 | 25 | | (A) the Public Education Information Management |
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| 30 | 26 | | System (PEIMS); and |
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| 31 | 27 | | (B) accountability under Chapters 39 and 39A. |
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| 32 | 28 | | SECTION 2. Section 38.003, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 33 | 29 | | amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) to read as |
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| 34 | 30 | | follows: |
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| 35 | 31 | | (c) Subject to Subsection (c-1), the [The] State Board of |
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| 36 | 32 | | Education shall adopt any rules and standards necessary to |
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| 37 | 33 | | administer this section. |
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| 38 | 34 | | (c-1) The agency by rule shall develop procedures designed |
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| 39 | 35 | | to allow the agency to: |
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| 40 | 36 | | (1) effectively audit and monitor and periodically |
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| 41 | 37 | | conduct site visits of all school districts to ensure that |
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| 42 | 38 | | districts are complying with this section, including the program |
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| 43 | 39 | | approved by the State Board of Education under this section; |
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| 44 | 40 | | (2) identify any problems school districts experience |
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| 45 | 41 | | in complying with this section, including the program approved by |
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| 46 | 42 | | the State Board of Education under this section; and |
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| 47 | 43 | | (3) develop reasonable and appropriate remedial |
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| 48 | 44 | | strategies to address school district noncompliance and ensure the |
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| 49 | 45 | | purposes of this section are accomplished. |
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| 50 | | - | SECTION 3. Section 42.006(a-1), Education Code, is amended |
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| 51 | | - | to read as follows: |
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| 52 | | - | (a-1) The commissioner by rule shall require each school |
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| 53 | | - | district and open-enrollment charter school to report through the |
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| 54 | | - | Public Education Information Management System information |
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| 55 | | - | regarding the number of students enrolled in the district or school |
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| 56 | | - | who are identified as having dyslexia or related disorders or being |
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| 57 | | - | at risk for dyslexia or other reading difficulties. The agency |
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| 58 | | - | shall maintain the information provided in accordance with this |
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| 59 | | - | subsection. |
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| 60 | | - | SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 |
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| 46 | + | SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 |
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