Bill Text: TX HB4394 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to plans by a school district or open-enrollment charter school for mitigating student learning loss due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-29 - Referred to Public Education [HB4394 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB4394-Introduced.html
| By: González of El Paso | H.B. No. 4394 | |
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| relating to plans by a school district or open-enrollment charter | ||
| school for mitigating student learning loss due to the coronavirus | ||
| disease (COVID-19) pandemic. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 29, Education Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Subchapter O to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER O. PLANS FOR MITIGATING LEARNING LOSS DUE TO COVID-19 | ||
| PANDEMIC | ||
| Sec. 29.601. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: | ||
| (1) "Learning loss" means any specific or general loss | ||
| of knowledge and skills or reversals in academic progress. | ||
| Sec. 29.602. SCHOOL YEARS AFFECTED BY CORONAVIRUS DISEASE. | ||
| For purposes of this subchapter, the school years affected by the | ||
| coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic include: | ||
| (1) the 2020-2021 school year; | ||
| (2) the 2021-2022 school year; and | ||
| (3) the 2022-2023 school year. | ||
| Sec. 29.603. LEARNING LOSS IDENTIFICATION. Each school | ||
| district and open-enrollment charter school shall identify each | ||
| student enrolled in the district or school who has experienced | ||
| learning loss during any school year affected by the coronavirus | ||
| disease pandemic. | ||
| Sec. 29.604. PLANS FOR MITIGATING LEARNING LOSS. | ||
| (a) Each school district and open-enrollment charter school | ||
| shall develop a plan to mitigate student learning loss as a result | ||
| of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. | ||
| (b) A school district or an open-enrollment charter school | ||
| shall make the methods included in the learning loss plan available | ||
| to any student identified as having experienced learning loss under | ||
| Section 29.603. | ||
| (c) A school district or an open-enrollment charter school | ||
| may prioritize any students that the district or school has | ||
| identified as most affected by the coronavirus disease pandemic. | ||
| Sec. 29.605 FUNDING TO IMPLEMENT PLANS TO MITIGATE LEARNING | ||
| LOSS. (a) The agency shall make federal funds available to school | ||
| districts and open-enrollment charter schools to implement the | ||
| plans developed under Sec. 29.604. | ||
| Sec. 29.606. RULES. The commissioner shall adopt necessary | ||
| rules to implement this subchapter. | ||
| Sec. 29.607. EXPIRATION. This subchapter expires September | ||
| 1, 2025. | ||
| 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, 2021. | ||
