Bill Text: TX HB196 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to requiring certain students leaving public school to provide documentation necessary to ensure an accurate calculation of dropout rates.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-11 - Referred to Public Education [HB196 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB196-Introduced.html

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82R1622 PAM-F
By: Walle H.B. No. 196

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring certain students leaving public school to
provide documentation necessary to ensure an accurate calculation
of dropout rates.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 25, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 25.0861 to read as follows:
Sec. 25.0861. DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS FOR STUDENT
LEAVING SCHOOL TO RECEIVE HOME-SCHOOL INSTRUCTION. (a) In this
section, "qualified student" means a student who:
(1) is married;
(2) is 18 years of age or older; or
(3) has established a residence separate from the
student's parent, guardian, or other person having lawful control
of the student.
(b) This section applies only to a student previously
enrolled in a public school who, for the purpose of receiving
home-school instruction, withdraws from or otherwise no longer
attends public school. To satisfy documentation requirements for
data reported under the Public Education Information Management
System (PEIMS), a school shall, within the period prescribed by
commissioner rule, obtain regarding a student described by this
subsection documentation that:
(1) is in writing;
(2) includes a statement of intent for the student to
receive home-school instruction; and
(3) is signed and dated by:
(A) the student's parent, guardian, or other
person having lawful control of the student or the student if the
student is a qualified student; and
(B) an authorized representative of the school
district.
(c) A document provided to a school under Subsection (b) is
not a public record and is not subject to release under Chapter 552,
Government Code.
(d) Not later than January 1, 2012, the commissioner shall
amend rules regarding the Public Education Information Management
System (PEIMS) as necessary to conform to the requirements of this
section. This subsection expires January 31, 2012.
SECTION 2. 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, 2011.