86R15938 TSS-D
By: Miller H.B. No. 1199
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1199:
By: Allen C.S.H.B. No. 1199
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to public school compliance with dyslexia screening and
testing requirements and the reporting of information regarding the
number of students who are at risk for or who have dyslexia or a
related disorder.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 7.028(a), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Section 29.001(5), 29.010(a),
38.003, or 39.057, the agency may monitor compliance with
requirements applicable to a process or program provided by a
school district, campus, program, or school granted charters under
Chapter 12, including the process described by Subchapter F,
Chapter 11, or a program described by Subchapter B, C, D, E, F, H, or
I, Chapter 29, or Subchapter A, Chapter 37, [or Section 38.003,] and
the use of funds provided for such a program under Subchapter C,
Chapter 42, only as necessary to ensure:
(1) compliance with federal law and regulations;
(2) financial accountability, including compliance
with grant requirements; and
(3) data integrity for purposes of:
(A) the Public Education Information Management
System (PEIMS); and
(B) accountability under Chapters 39 and 39A.
SECTION 2. Section 38.003, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) to read as
follows:
(c) Subject to Subsection (c-1), the [The] State Board of
Education shall adopt any rules and standards necessary to
administer this section.
(c-1) The agency by rule shall develop procedures designed
to allow the agency to:
(1) effectively audit and monitor and periodically
conduct site visits of all school districts to ensure that
districts are complying with this section, including the program
approved by the State Board of Education under this section;
(2) identify any problems school districts experience
in complying with this section, including the program approved by
the State Board of Education under this section; and
(3) develop reasonable and appropriate remedial
strategies to address school district noncompliance and ensure the
purposes of this section are accomplished.
SECTION 3. Section 42.006(a-1), Education Code, is amended
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 the number of students enrolled in the district or school
who are identified as having dyslexia or related disorders or being
at risk for dyslexia or other reading difficulties. The agency
shall maintain the information provided in accordance with this
subsection.
SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020
school year.
SECTION 5. 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, 2019.