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1-H.B. No. 572
1+By: Dutton (Senate Sponsor - Lucio, West) H.B. No. 572
2+ (In the Senate - Received from the House May 17, 2021;
3+ May 17, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on
4+ Education; May 24, 2021, reported adversely, with favorable
5+ Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0;
6+ May 24, 2021, sent to printer.)
7+Click here to see the committee vote
8+ COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 572 By: Hughes
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11+ A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
412 AN ACT
5- relating to the inclusion of students enrolled in a dropout
6- recovery school as students at risk of dropping out of school for
7- purposes of compensatory, intensive, and accelerated instruction
8- and to a study by the Texas Education Agency on competency-based
9- educational programs.
13+ relating to a study by the Texas Education Agency on
14+ competency-based educational programs.
1015 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11- SECTION 1. Section 29.081(d), Education Code, as amended by
12- Chapters 403 (S.B. 1746), 597 (S.B. 668), and 1060 (H.B. 1051), Acts
13- of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, is reenacted and
14- amended to read as follows:
15- (d) For purposes of this section, "student at risk of
16- dropping out of school" includes each student who:
17- (1) is under 26 years of age and who:
18- (A) was not advanced from one grade level to the
19- next for one or more school years;
20- (B) if the student is in grade 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, or
21- 12, did not maintain an average equivalent to 70 on a scale of 100 in
22- two or more subjects in the foundation curriculum during a semester
23- in the preceding or current school year or is not maintaining such
24- an average in two or more subjects in the foundation curriculum in
25- the current semester;
26- (C) did not perform satisfactorily on an
27- assessment instrument administered to the student under Subchapter
28- B, Chapter 39, and who has not in the previous or current school
29- year subsequently performed on that instrument or another
30- appropriate instrument at a level equal to at least 110 percent of
31- the level of satisfactory performance on that instrument;
32- (D) if the student is in prekindergarten,
33- kindergarten, or grade 1, 2, or 3, did not perform satisfactorily on
34- a readiness test or assessment instrument administered during the
35- current school year;
36- (E) is pregnant or is a parent;
37- (F) has been placed in an alternative education
38- program in accordance with Section 37.006 during the preceding or
39- current school year;
40- (G) has been expelled in accordance with Section
41- 37.007 during the preceding or current school year;
42- (H) is currently on parole, probation, deferred
43- prosecution, or other conditional release;
44- (I) was previously reported through the Public
45- Education Information Management System (PEIMS) to have dropped out
46- of school;
47- (J) is a student of limited English proficiency,
48- as defined by Section 29.052;
49- (K) is in the custody or care of the Department of
50- Family and Protective Services or has, during the current school
51- year, been referred to the department by a school official, officer
52- of the juvenile court, or law enforcement official;
53- (L) is homeless;
54- (M) resided in the preceding school year or
55- resides in the current school year in a residential placement
56- facility in the district, including a detention facility, substance
57- abuse treatment facility, emergency shelter, psychiatric hospital,
58- halfway house, cottage home operation, specialized child-care
59- home, or general residential operation; [or]
60- (N) [(14)] has been incarcerated or has a parent
61- or guardian who has been incarcerated, within the lifetime of the
62- student, in a penal institution as defined by Section 1.07, Penal
63- Code; or
64- (O) is enrolled in a school district or
65- open-enrollment charter school, or a campus of a school district or
66- open-enrollment charter school, that is designated as a dropout
67- recovery school under Section 39.0548; or
68- (2) regardless of the student's age, participates in
69- an adult education program provided under a high school diploma and
70- industry certification charter school program under Section
71- 29.259.
72- SECTION 2. Subchapter Z, Chapter 29, Education Code, is
16+ SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 29, Education Code, is
7317 amended by adding Section 29.928 to read as follows:
7418 Sec. 29.928. STUDY ON COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATIONAL
7519 PROGRAMS. (a) The agency shall conduct a study on the
7620 implementation of competency-based educational programs by public
7721 schools in the state.
7822 (b) The study must analyze methods of:
7923 (1) providing funding for competency-based
8024 educational programs that do not rely on average daily attendance;
8125 (2) assessing the performance of competency-based
8226 educational programs under the public school accountability
8327 system; and
8428 (3) providing competency-based educational programs
8529 to nontraditional students, including adult students.
8630 (c) The agency may solicit and accept gifts, grants, and
8731 donations from any public or private source to fund the study.
8832 (d) Not later than December 1, 2022, the agency shall
8933 prepare and submit to the legislature a report on the results of the
9034 study and any recommendations for legislative or other action.
9135 (e) This section expires September 1, 2023.
92- SECTION 3. The Texas Education Agency is required to
93- implement Section 29.928, Education Code, as added by this Act,
94- only if the legislature appropriates money specifically for that
95- purpose. If the legislature does not appropriate money
96- specifically for that purpose, the agency may, but is not required
97- to, implement that section using other money available for that
98- purpose.
99- SECTION 4. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
100- over another Act of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021,
101- relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
102- codes.
103- SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
36+ SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
10437 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
10538 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
10639 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
10740 Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
108- ______________________________ ______________________________
109- President of the Senate Speaker of the House
110- I certify that H.B. No. 572 was passed by the House on May 14,
111- 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 128, Nays 0, 1 present, not
112- voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to
113- H.B. No. 572 on May 28, 2021, and requested the appointment of a
114- conference committee to consider the differences between the two
115- houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report
116- on H.B. No. 572 on May 30, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 138,
117- Nays 0, 2 present, not voting.
118- ______________________________
119- Chief Clerk of the House
120- I certify that H.B. No. 572 was passed by the Senate, with
121- amendments, on May 26, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
122- 0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference
123- committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and
124- that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No.
125- 572 on May 30, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
126- ______________________________
127- Secretary of the Senate
128- APPROVED: __________________
129- Date
130- __________________
131- Governor
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