89R3468 RDR-D
By: Alvarado S.B. No. 787
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a requirement to report through the Public Education
Information Management System the number of student deaths
occurring on a school district or open-enrollment charter school
campus.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 48.009(b), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) The commissioner by rule shall require each school
district and open-enrollment charter school to report through the
Public Education Information Management System information
regarding:
(1) the number of students enrolled in the district or
school who are identified as having dyslexia;
(2) the availability of school counselors, including
the number of full-time equivalent school counselors, at each
campus;
(3) the availability of expanded learning
opportunities as described by Section 33.252 at each campus;
(4) the total number of students, other than students
described by Subdivision (5), enrolled in the district or school
with whom the district or school, as applicable, used intervention
strategies, as that term is defined by Section 26.004, at any time
during the year for which the report is made;
(5) the total number of students enrolled in the
district or school to whom the district or school provided aids,
accommodations, or services under Section 504, Rehabilitation Act
of 1973 (29 U.S.C. Section 794), at any time during the year for
which the report is made;
(6) disaggregated by campus and grade, the number of:
(A) children who are required to attend school
under Section 25.085, are not exempted under Section 25.086, and
fail to attend school without excuse for 10 or more days or parts of
days within a six-month period in the same school year;
(B) students for whom the district initiates a
truancy prevention measure under Section 25.0915(a-4); and
(C) parents of students against whom an
attendance officer or other appropriate school official has filed a
complaint under Section 25.093; [and]
(7) the number of students who are enrolled in a high
school equivalency program, a dropout recovery school, or an adult
education program provided under a high school diploma and industry
certification charter school program provided by the district or
school and who:
(A) are at least 18 years of age and under 26
years of age;
(B) have not previously been reported to the
agency as dropouts; and
(C) enroll in the program at the district or
school after not attending school for a period of at least nine
months; and
(8) the number of student deaths that occurred on each
district or school campus during the year for which the report is
made.
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.