| 1 | 1 | | 87R12419 BDP-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Hinojosa H.B. No. 4273 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to reporting requirements by the Texas Education Agency |
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| 8 | 8 | | and certain school districts and open-enrollment charter schools |
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| 9 | 9 | | regarding student attendance during a declared disaster. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 25, Education Code, is |
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| 12 | 12 | | amended by adding Section 25.0875 to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sec. 25.0875. REQUIRED REPORTING OF ATTENDANCE DURING |
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| 14 | 14 | | DECLARED DISASTER. (a) In this section, "declared disaster" |
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| 15 | 15 | | means: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1) a disaster declared by the president of the United |
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| 17 | 17 | | States; |
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| 18 | 18 | | (2) a state of disaster declared by the governor under |
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| 19 | 19 | | Section 418.014, Government Code; or |
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| 20 | 20 | | (3) a local state of disaster declared by the |
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| 21 | 21 | | presiding officer of the governing body of a political subdivision |
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| 22 | 22 | | under Section 418.108, Government Code. |
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| 23 | 23 | | (b) If the operations or in-person student attendance of a |
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| 24 | 24 | | school district or open-enrollment charter school are |
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| 25 | 25 | | substantially disrupted as a result of a declared disaster, the |
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| 26 | 26 | | district school shall submit a report to the agency in accordance |
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| 27 | 27 | | with Subsections (c) and (d). |
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| 28 | 28 | | (c) The report must include the total number, disaggregated |
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| 29 | 29 | | by student grade level, gender, race, being enrolled in a special |
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| 30 | 30 | | education program, being enrolled in a gifted and talented program, |
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| 31 | 31 | | being at risk of dropping out of school, being in foster care, |
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| 32 | 32 | | experiencing homelessness, being a dependent of military |
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| 33 | 33 | | personnel, having limited English proficiency, or being a migratory |
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| 34 | 34 | | child, of: |
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| 35 | 35 | | (1) students attending in-person; |
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| 36 | 36 | | (2) students attending remotely; and |
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| 37 | 37 | | (3) students experiencing chronic absenteeism. |
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| 38 | 38 | | (d) If the declared disaster lasts: |
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| 39 | 39 | | (1) for a period of less than 90 days, each affected |
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| 40 | 40 | | school district or open-enrollment charter school shall submit a |
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| 41 | 41 | | report to the agency not later than the 30th day following the |
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| 42 | 42 | | termination or expiration of the declared disaster; or |
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| 43 | 43 | | (2) for a period of more than 90 days, each affected |
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| 44 | 44 | | school district or open-enrollment charter school shall submit a |
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| 45 | 45 | | report to the agency every 90 days for the duration of the declared |
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| 46 | 46 | | disaster. |
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| 47 | 47 | | (e) The agency shall: |
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| 48 | 48 | | (1) aggregate the data received from each school |
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| 49 | 49 | | district and open-enrollment charter school under this section; and |
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| 50 | 50 | | (2) submit a report to the legislature not later than |
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| 51 | 51 | | 30 days after each required reporting period under Subsection (d). |
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| 52 | 52 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022 |
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| 53 | 53 | | school year. |
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| 54 | 54 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 55 | 55 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 56 | 56 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 57 | 57 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 58 | 58 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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