89R2254 CMO-D
By: Menéndez S.B. No. 156
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the reporting of information regarding high school
performance acknowledgments earned by public school students.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 28.025(e-2), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(e-2) At the end of each school year, each school district
shall report through the Public Education Information Management
System (PEIMS) the number of district students who, during that
school year[, were]:
(1) were enrolled in the foundation high school
program;
(2) were pursuing the distinguished level of
achievement under the foundation high school program as provided by
Subsection (b-15); [and]
(3) were enrolled in a program to earn an endorsement
described by Subsection (c-1); and
(4) earned each type of performance acknowledgement
described by Subsection (c-5).
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026
school year.
SECTION 3. 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, 2025.