86R20937 SOS-D
By: Canales H.B. No. 548
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 548:
By: Dutton C.S.H.B. No. 548
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to reporting certain truancy information through the
Public Education Information Management System.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 42.006, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-6) to read as follows:
(a-6) The commissioner by rule shall require each school
district and open-enrollment charter school to report through the
Public Education Information Management System information
disaggregated by campus and grade regarding:
(1) the number of children who are required to attend
school under Section 25.085 and fail to attend school without
excuse for 10 or more days or parts of days within a six-month
period in the same school year;
(2) the number of students for whom the district
initiates a truancy prevention measure under Section 25.0915(a-4);
and
(3) the number of parents of students against whom an
attendance officer or other appropriate school official has filed a
complaint under Section 25.093.
SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2020, the commissioner
of education shall adopt rules required by Section 42.006(a-6),
Education Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.