Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB2061 Compare Versions

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1	1	87R6597 TSS-D
2	2	By: Menéndez S.B. No. 2061
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to information on and requirements for certain courses and
8	8	educational programs offered in public schools, including courses
9	9	offered through the state virtual school network.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Section 26.0031(c-1), Education Code, is amended
12	12	to read as follows:
13	13	(c-1) A school district or open-enrollment charter school
14	14	may decline to pay the cost for a student of more than three
15	15	yearlong electronic courses, or the equivalent, during any school
16	16	year. This subsection does not:
17	17	(1) limit the ability of the student to enroll in
18	18	additional electronic courses at the student's cost; or
19	19	(2) apply to a student enrolled in:
20	20	(A) a full-time online program that was operating
21	21	on January 1, 2013; or
22	22	(B) a district or school that has fewer than
23	23	1,600 students in average daily attendance for the current school
24	24	year.
25	25	SECTION 2. Section 28.002, Education Code, is amended by
26	26	adding Subsection (c-4) to read as follows:
27	27	(c-4) The State Board of Education shall by rule require
28	28	each district to make available to each eighth grade student in the
29	29	district an Algebra I course. Notwithstanding Section 7.056(e),
30	30	the commissioner may grant a district a temporary waiver from the
31	31	requirements of this subsection if necessary, as determined by the
32	32	commissioner.
33	33	SECTION 3. Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is
34	34	amended by adding Section 28.0161 to read as follows:
35	35	Sec. 28.0161. NOTIFICATION REGARDING COURSE PATHWAYS AND
36	36	CAREER CHOICES. Each school year, a school district shall provide
37	37	to each district student entering grades 6 through 10 and the
38	38	student's parent or guardian information regarding:
39	39	(1) the courses offered as part of the foundation
40	40	curriculum adopted under Section 28.002(a)(1) and available at the
41	41	campus attended by the student and at any high school campus that
42	42	the student is expected to attend; and
43	43	(2) potential career choices and the curriculum
44	44	requirements and courses needed to pursue those careers.
45	45	SECTION 4. Subchapter B, Chapter 28, Education Code, is
46	46	amended by adding Section 28.028 to read as follows:
47	47	Sec. 28.028. POSTING OF ADVANCED COURSEWORK INFORMATION.
48	48	(a) Not later than September 1 of each year, the agency shall post
49	49	information to the agency's Internet website on the number of
50	50	students who, during the previous school year, were enrolled in or
51	51	accepted into:
52	52	(1) an educational program for gifted and talented
53	53	students under Subchapter D, Chapter 29;
54	54	(2) an Algebra I course as an eighth grade student;
55	55	(3) an Algebra II or precalculus course or other
56	56	advanced mathematics course;
57	57	(4) an advanced placement course;
58	58	(5) an international baccalaureate course; or
59	59	(6) an OnRamps dual enrollment course or other dual
60	60	credit course.
61	61	(b) The information shall include the percentage of
62	62	students who received a passing score in the course or who remained
63	63	in the program, as applicable, and must be aggregated by campus,
64	64	district, and grade level and disaggregated by student race, sex,
65	65	ethnicity, grade level, and socioeconomic status.
66	66	(c) In posting information under this section, the agency
67	67	must comply with all state and federal privacy laws applicable to
68	68	student information.
69	69	SECTION 5. Section 30A.153(a-1), Education Code, is amended
70	70	to read as follows:
71	71	(a-1) For purposes of Subsection (a), a school district or
72	72	open-enrollment charter school is limited to the funding described
73	73	by that subsection for a student's enrollment in not more than three
74	74	electronic courses during any school year, unless:
75	75	(1) the student is enrolled in a full-time online
76	76	program that was operating on January 1, 2013; or
77	77	(2) the district or school has fewer than 1,600
78	78	students in average daily attendance for the current school year.
79	79	SECTION 6. Not later than January 1, 2022, the State Board
80	80	of Education shall adopt rules necessary to implement the
81	81	requirements of Section 28.002(c-4), Education Code, as added by
82	82	this Act.
83	83	SECTION 7. This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022
84	84	school year.
85	85	SECTION 8. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
86	86	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
87	87	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
88	88	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
89	89	Act takes effect September 1, 2021.