| 1 | 1 | | By: Springer S.B. No. 2403 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (Allison) |
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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 required reporting regarding a school district's |
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| 8 | 8 | | program for gifted and talented students. |
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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 D, Chapter 29, Education Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 29.124 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 29.124. PEIMS REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. Each school |
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| 13 | 13 | | district shall include the following information in the district's |
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| 14 | 14 | | Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) report: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (1) the name and contact information of the district |
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| 16 | 16 | | administrator responsible for ensuring that the district is in |
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| 17 | 17 | | compliance with this subchapter; |
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| 18 | 18 | | (2) whether the district uses data from an entire |
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| 19 | 19 | | grade level to identify gifted and talented students; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | (3) if applicable, the grade levels for which the |
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| 21 | 21 | | district identifies gifted and talented students as described by |
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| 22 | 22 | | Subdivision (2). |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 2. Section 39.306, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 24 | 24 | | amending Subsection (d-1) and adding Subsection (d-2) to read as |
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| 25 | 25 | | follows: |
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| 26 | 26 | | (d-1) The comparison provided by the agency under |
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| 27 | 27 | | Subsection (d) must include a comparison of college, career, and |
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| 28 | 28 | | military readiness achievement between students served in a program |
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| 29 | 29 | | for gifted and talented students and students served in other |
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| 30 | 30 | | programs. |
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| 31 | 31 | | (d-2) The report must also include the number of school |
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| 32 | 32 | | counselors providing counseling services at each campus. |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 |
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| 34 | 34 | | school year. |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 36 | 36 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 37 | 37 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 38 | 38 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 39 | 39 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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