87R5650 MWC-D
By: Goodwin H.B. No. 4399
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the reporting of certain instructional procedures
adopted by public schools due to the coronavirus disease pandemic.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 29, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 29.927 to read as follows:
Sec. 29.927. REPORTING OF CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATED TO
INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES ADOPTED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS DISEASE
(COVID-19) PANDEMIC; AGENCY REPORT. (a) The agency by rule shall
require each school district and open-enrollment charter school to
report on instructional procedures adopted by the district or
school due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic,
including the following information in the form and manner
prescribed by the agency:
(1) the level of student engagement in instruction
since the onset of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic,
including:
(A) the number of students who have been engaged
in instruction during and after the 2020-2021 school year;
(B) the number of students who were not engaged
in instruction for a period of time during or after the 2020-2021
school year but who, at the time of the report, are engaged in
instruction;
(C) the number of students who are not, at the
time of the report, engaged in instruction; and
(D) the number of students with whom, at the time
of the report, the district or school has no contact;
(2) the number of student disciplinary incidents,
including the number of incidents related to:
(A) a dress code or hairstyle violation;
(B) possessing offensive visual material in a
learning environment;
(C) the required supervision or presence of an
adult in a remote learning environment; and
(D) a violation of the student code of conduct;
and
(3) information regarding student Internet access,
including:
(A) the number of students with access to
broadband Internet;
(B) the types of devices issued by the district
or school that are used by students to access the Internet for
learning and instruction;
(C) the number of devices issued by the district
or school to students to facilitate student Internet connectivity;
(D) the cost to the district or school of
providing and maintaining devices issued by the district or school
for student Internet connectivity; and
(E) any cost or charge paid by the student for the
instructional use of a device issued to the student by the district
or school for the student's Internet connectivity.
(b) The information included in the report required by
Subsection (a) must be disaggregated by:
(1) student race, ethnicity, sex, socioeconomic
status, and grade level, students enrolled in a special education
program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, students of limited English
proficiency under Section 29.052, and students who are homeless;
and
(2) except for information required by Subsection
(a)(3), the method by which instruction was offered, including if
the instruction was offered:
(A) in person;
(B) remotely and synchronously; or
(C) remotely and asynchronously.
(c) The rules adopted under Subsection (a) must require a
school district or open-enrollment charter school to submit the
first report not later than December 1, 2021. A district or school
must submit a report required by this section every 90 days.
(d) The agency shall prepare and submit a report to the
legislature based on the information collected under Subsection
(a). The agency shall submit the first report required under this
subsection not later than January 1, 2022. The agency must submit a
report required by this section every 90 days.
(e) This section expires September 1, 2024.
SECTION 2. 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.