| 1 | 1 | | 87R5650 MWC-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Goodwin H.B. No. 4399 |
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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 the reporting of certain instructional procedures |
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| 8 | 8 | | adopted by public schools due to the coronavirus disease pandemic. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 29, Education Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 29.927 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 29.927. REPORTING OF CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATED TO |
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| 13 | 13 | | INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES ADOPTED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS DISEASE |
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| 14 | 14 | | (COVID-19) PANDEMIC; AGENCY REPORT. (a) The agency by rule shall |
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| 15 | 15 | | require each school district and open-enrollment charter school to |
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| 16 | 16 | | report on instructional procedures adopted by the district or |
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| 17 | 17 | | school due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, |
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| 18 | 18 | | including the following information in the form and manner |
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| 19 | 19 | | prescribed by the agency: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (1) the level of student engagement in instruction |
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| 21 | 21 | | since the onset of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, |
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| 22 | 22 | | including: |
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| 23 | 23 | | (A) the number of students who have been engaged |
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| 24 | 24 | | in instruction during and after the 2020-2021 school year; |
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| 25 | 25 | | (B) the number of students who were not engaged |
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| 26 | 26 | | in instruction for a period of time during or after the 2020-2021 |
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| 27 | 27 | | school year but who, at the time of the report, are engaged in |
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| 28 | 28 | | instruction; |
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| 29 | 29 | | (C) the number of students who are not, at the |
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| 30 | 30 | | time of the report, engaged in instruction; and |
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| 31 | 31 | | (D) the number of students with whom, at the time |
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| 32 | 32 | | of the report, the district or school has no contact; |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2) the number of student disciplinary incidents, |
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| 34 | 34 | | including the number of incidents related to: |
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| 35 | 35 | | (A) a dress code or hairstyle violation; |
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| 36 | 36 | | (B) possessing offensive visual material in a |
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| 37 | 37 | | learning environment; |
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| 38 | 38 | | (C) the required supervision or presence of an |
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| 39 | 39 | | adult in a remote learning environment; and |
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| 40 | 40 | | (D) a violation of the student code of conduct; |
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| 41 | 41 | | and |
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| 42 | 42 | | (3) information regarding student Internet access, |
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| 43 | 43 | | including: |
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| 44 | 44 | | (A) the number of students with access to |
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| 45 | 45 | | broadband Internet; |
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| 46 | 46 | | (B) the types of devices issued by the district |
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| 47 | 47 | | or school that are used by students to access the Internet for |
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| 48 | 48 | | learning and instruction; |
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| 49 | 49 | | (C) the number of devices issued by the district |
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| 50 | 50 | | or school to students to facilitate student Internet connectivity; |
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| 51 | 51 | | (D) the cost to the district or school of |
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| 52 | 52 | | providing and maintaining devices issued by the district or school |
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| 53 | 53 | | for student Internet connectivity; and |
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| 54 | 54 | | (E) any cost or charge paid by the student for the |
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| 55 | 55 | | instructional use of a device issued to the student by the district |
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| 56 | 56 | | or school for the student's Internet connectivity. |
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| 57 | 57 | | (b) The information included in the report required by |
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| 58 | 58 | | Subsection (a) must be disaggregated by: |
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| 59 | 59 | | (1) student race, ethnicity, sex, socioeconomic |
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| 60 | 60 | | status, and grade level, students enrolled in a special education |
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| 61 | 61 | | program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, students of limited English |
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| 62 | 62 | | proficiency under Section 29.052, and students who are homeless; |
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| 63 | 63 | | and |
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| 64 | 64 | | (2) except for information required by Subsection |
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| 65 | 65 | | (a)(3), the method by which instruction was offered, including if |
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| 66 | 66 | | the instruction was offered: |
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| 67 | 67 | | (A) in person; |
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| 68 | 68 | | (B) remotely and synchronously; or |
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| 69 | 69 | | (C) remotely and asynchronously. |
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| 70 | 70 | | (c) The rules adopted under Subsection (a) must require a |
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| 71 | 71 | | school district or open-enrollment charter school to submit the |
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| 72 | 72 | | first report not later than December 1, 2021. A district or school |
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| 73 | 73 | | must submit a report required by this section every 90 days. |
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| 74 | 74 | | (d) The agency shall prepare and submit a report to the |
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| 75 | 75 | | legislature based on the information collected under Subsection |
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| 76 | 76 | | (a). The agency shall submit the first report required under this |
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| 77 | 77 | | subsection not later than January 1, 2022. The agency must submit a |
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| 78 | 78 | | report required by this section every 90 days. |
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| 79 | 79 | | (e) This section expires September 1, 2024. |
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| 80 | 80 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 81 | 81 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 82 | 82 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 83 | 83 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 84 | 84 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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