H.B. No. 2210
AN ACT
relating to the consideration for public school accountability
purposes of certain students who reside in a state hospital and
receive educational services provided by a school district.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 39, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 39.0552 to read as follows:
Sec. 39.0552. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN SCHOOL
DISTRICT AND STATE HOSPITAL FOR ACCOUNTABILITY PURPOSES. A
memorandum of understanding between a school district and a state
hospital under which the district provides educational services to
a student who resides in the state hospital must provide that the
school district include the performance of the student on an
assessment instrument or other achievement indicator adopted under
Section 39.053 or a reporting indicator adopted under Section
39.301 in determining the performance of that school district.
SECTION 2. This Act applies to a memorandum of
understanding entered into between a school district
and a state
hospital before, on, or after the effective date of this Act. A
memorandum of understanding entered into before the effective date
of this Act must be amended as soon as practicable after the
effective date of this Act.
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, 2019.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2210 was passed by the House on May 8,
2019, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 2210 on May 24, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 2,
3 present, not voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2210 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor