87R7660 BDP-F
By: Klick, et al. H.B. No. 3033
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a requirement to report through the Public Education
Information Management System the number of students transported
from a school district or open-enrollment charter school for a
mental health emergency detention.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 48.009(b), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) 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 availability of school counselors, including
the number of full-time equivalent school counselors, at each
campus;
(3) the availability of expanded learning
opportunities as described by Section 33.252 at each campus;
(4) the total number of students, other than students
described by Subdivision (5), enrolled in the district or school
with whom the district or school, as applicable, used intervention
strategies, as that term is defined by Section 26.004, at any time
during the year for which the report is made; [and]
(5) the total number of students enrolled in the
district or school to whom the district or school provided aids,
accommodations, or services under Section 504, Rehabilitation Act
of 1973 (29 U.S.C. Section 794), at any time during the year for
which the report is made; and
(6) the total number of students, including the
students' age, race, and gender, transported from the school
district or open-enrollment charter school for an emergency
detention under Chapter 573, Health and Safety Code, at any time
during the year for which the report is made.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with 2021-2022 school
year.
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, 2021.