By: Springer S.B. No. 2403
(Allison)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to required reporting regarding a school district's
program for gifted and talented students.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 29, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 29.124 to read as follows:
Sec. 29.124. PEIMS REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. Each school
district shall include the following information in the district's
Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) report:
(1) the name and contact information of the district
administrator responsible for ensuring that the district is in
compliance with this subchapter;
(2) whether the district uses data from an entire
grade level to identify gifted and talented students; and
(3) if applicable, the grade levels for which the
district identifies gifted and talented students as described by
Subdivision (2).
SECTION 2. Section 39.306, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (d-1) and adding Subsection (d-2) to read as
follows:
(d-1) The comparison provided by the agency under
Subsection (d) must include a comparison of college, career, and
military readiness achievement between students served in a program
for gifted and talented students and students served in other
programs.
(d-2) The report must also include the number of school
counselors providing counseling services at each campus.
SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024
school year.
SECTION 4. 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, 2023.