Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1		89R1025 PRL-F
2		-	By: González of El Paso, Moody, VanDeaver, H.B. No. 213
3		-	Garcia of Dallas, et al.
	2	+	By: González of El Paso, et al. H.B. No. 213
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8	7		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
9	8		AN ACT
10	9		relating to the inclusion of chronically absent students as
11	10		students at risk of dropping out of school and the collection and
12	11		reporting of data regarding those students.
13	12		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
14	13		SECTION 1. Section 29.081(d), Education Code, is amended to
15	14		read as follows:
16	15		(d) For purposes of this section, "student at risk of
17	16		dropping out of school" includes each student who:
18	17		(1) is under 26 years of age and who:
19	18		(A) except as provided by Subsection (h) or if
20	19		retained for prekindergarten under Section 28.02124, was not
21	20		advanced from one grade level to the next for one or more school
22	21		years;
23	22		(B) if the student is in grade 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, or
24	23		12, did not maintain an average equivalent to 70 on a scale of 100 in
25	24		two or more subjects in the foundation curriculum during a semester
26	25		in the preceding or current school year or is not maintaining such
27	26		an average in two or more subjects in the foundation curriculum in
28	27		the current semester;
29	28		(C) did not perform satisfactorily on an
30	29		assessment instrument administered to the student under Subchapter
31	30		B, Chapter 39, and who has not in the previous or current school
32	31		year subsequently performed on that instrument or another
33	32		appropriate instrument at a level equal to at least 110 percent of
34	33		the level of satisfactory performance on that instrument;
35	34		(D) if the student is in prekindergarten,
36	35		kindergarten, or grade 1, 2, or 3, did not perform satisfactorily on
37	36		a readiness test or assessment instrument administered during the
38	37		current school year;
39	38		(E) is pregnant or is a parent;
40	39		(F) has been placed in an alternative education
41	40		program in accordance with Section 37.006 during the preceding or
42	41		current school year;
43	42		(G) has been expelled in accordance with Section
44	43		37.007 during the preceding or current school year;
45	44		(H) is currently on parole, probation, deferred
46	45		prosecution, or other conditional release;
47	46		(I) was previously reported through the Public
48	47		Education Information Management System (PEIMS) to have dropped out
49	48		of school;
50	49		(J) is an emergent bilingual student, as defined
51	50		by Section 29.052;
52	51		(K) is in the custody or care of the Department of
53	52		Family and Protective Services or has, during the current school
54	53		year, been referred to the department by a school official, officer
55	54		of the juvenile court, or law enforcement official;
56	55		(L) is homeless;
57	56		(M) resided in the preceding school year or
58	57		resides in the current school year in a residential placement
59	58		facility in the district, including a detention facility, substance
60	59		abuse treatment facility, emergency shelter, psychiatric hospital,
61	60		halfway house, cottage home operation, specialized child-care
62	61		home, or general residential operation;
63	62		(N) has been incarcerated or has a parent or
64	63		guardian who has been incarcerated, within the lifetime of the
65	64		student, in a penal institution as defined by Section 1.07, Penal
66	65		Code; [or]
67	66		(O) is enrolled in a school district or
68	67		open-enrollment charter school, or a campus of a school district or
69	68		open-enrollment charter school, that is designated as a dropout
70	69		recovery school under Section 39.0548; or
71	70		(P) is a chronically absent student, as defined
72	71		by Section 48.009; or
73	72		(2) regardless of the student's age, participates in
74	73		an adult education program provided under the adult high school
75	74		charter school program under Subchapter G, Chapter 12.
76	75		SECTION 2. Section 48.009, Education Code, is amended by
77	76		amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection (c-1) to
78	77		read as follows:
79	78		(a) In this section:
80	79		(1) "Chronically absent student" means a student who
81	80		is absent from school for more than 10 percent of the minutes of
82	81		school operation time allocated under Section 25.081 for
83	82		instruction within:
84	83		(A) a school year; or
85	84		(B) a six-week grade reporting period.
86	85		(2) "Full-time [, "full-time] equivalent school
87	86		counselor" means 40 hours of counseling services a week.
88	87		(b) The commissioner by rule shall require each school
89	88		district and open-enrollment charter school to report through the
90	89		Public Education Information Management System information
91	90		regarding:
92	91		(1) the number of students enrolled in the district or
93	92		school who are identified as having dyslexia;
94	93		(2) the availability of school counselors, including
95	94		the number of full-time equivalent school counselors, at each
96	95		campus;
97	96		(3) the availability of expanded learning
98	97		opportunities as described by Section 33.252 at each campus;
99	98		(4) the total number of students, other than students
100	99		described by Subdivision (5), enrolled in the district or school
101	100		with whom the district or school, as applicable, used intervention
102	101		strategies, as that term is defined by Section 26.004, at any time
103	102		during the year for which the report is made;
104	103		(5) the total number of students enrolled in the
105	104		district or school to whom the district or school provided aids,
106	105		accommodations, or services under Section 504, Rehabilitation Act
107	106		of 1973 (29 U.S.C. Section 794), at any time during the year for
108	107		which the report is made;
109	108		(6) disaggregated by campus and grade, the number of:
110	109		(A) children who are required to attend school
111	110		under Section 25.085, are not exempted under Section 25.086, and
112	111		fail to attend school without excuse for 10 or more days or parts of
113	112		days within a six-month period in the same school year;
114	113		(B) students for whom the district initiates a
115	114		truancy prevention measure under Section 25.0915(a-4); and
116	115		(C) parents of students against whom an
117	116		attendance officer or other appropriate school official has filed a
118	117		complaint under Section 25.093; [and]
119	118		(7) the number of students who are enrolled in a high
120	119		school equivalency program, a dropout recovery school, or an adult
121	120		education program provided under a high school diploma and industry
122	121		certification charter school program provided by the district or
123	122		school and who:
124	123		(A) are at least 18 years of age and under 26
125	124		years of age;
126	125		(B) have not previously been reported to the
127	126		agency as dropouts; and
128	127		(C) enroll in the program at the district or
129	128		school after not attending school for a period of at least nine
130	129		months; and
131	130		(8) the total number of chronically absent students
132	131		enrolled at each campus in the district or school disaggregated by
133	132		students' race, ethnicity, and status as:
134	133		(A) students enrolled in a special education
135	134		program;
136	135		(B) students identified as having dyslexia;
137	136		(C) educationally disadvantaged students; and
138	137		(D) emergent bilingual students, as defined by
139	138		Section 29.052.
140	139		(c-1) The agency shall annually aggregate and make publicly
141	140		available the data on student chronic absenteeism collected under
142	141		Subsection (b)(8). The data must:
143	142		(1) be shown at the campus and district aggregate
144	143		levels; and
145	144		(2) include the percentage of chronically absent
146	145		students in each demographic category listed under Subsection
147	146		(b)(8).
148	147		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.