Bill Text: TX HB2747 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to reporting information regarding public school student dropout rates.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-12 - Left pending in committee [HB2747 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2747-Introduced.html
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| By: Martinez Fischer | H.B. No. 2747 | |
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| relating to reporting information regarding public school student | ||
| dropout rates. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 7.008, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (c) The procedures developed under this section must | ||
| provide: | ||
| (1) a summarized format easily understood by the | ||
| public for reporting financial and academic performance | ||
| information, including information relating to student dropout | ||
| rates, on the agency Internet website; and | ||
| (2) the ability for those who access the Internet | ||
| website to view and download state, district, and campus level | ||
| information. | ||
| (c-1) For purposes of Subsection (c), the home page of the | ||
| agency's Internet website must include a prominent link to | ||
| information relating to student dropout rates. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter J, Chapter 39, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 39.309 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 39.309. DROPOUT INFORMATION MAINTAINED ON DISTRICT | ||
| WEBSITE. (a) A school district shall maintain on the home page of | ||
| the district's Internet website a prominent link to a summarized | ||
| format easily understood by the public in which the district posts | ||
| information reported under Section 42.006(c-1) relating to student | ||
| dropout rates. | ||
| (b) This section does not authorize the disclosure of | ||
| student information that may not be disclosed under the Family | ||
| Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. Section | ||
| 1232g). A school district shall comply with rules adopted by the | ||
| commissioner under Section 7.008 to protect the confidentiality of | ||
| student information. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 42.006, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (c-1) For purposes of Subsection (c)(1), each school | ||
| district shall report information relating to student dropout rates | ||
| each six-week period during the school year. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2011-2012 | ||
| school year. | ||
| SECTION 5. 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. | ||
