Bill Text: TX HB525 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the collection of data relating to military-connected students through the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS).
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-25 - Effective immediately [HB525 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB525-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 525 | ||
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| relating to the collection of data relating to military-connected | ||
| students through the Public Education Information Management | ||
| System (PEIMS). | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 25.006, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) The agency shall collect data each year from school | ||
| districts and open-enrollment charter schools through the Public | ||
| Education Information Management System (PEIMS) relating to the | ||
| enrollment of military-connected students. The data relating to the | ||
| enrollment of military-connected students under this section: | ||
| (1) must include the number of active duty | ||
| military-connected students and the number of National Guard or | ||
| reserve military-connected students enrolled in the school | ||
| district or open-enrollment charter school on a date at the | ||
| beginning of the school year specified by the agency and a date at | ||
| the end of the school year specified by the agency; and | ||
| (2) may not be used for purposes of determining a | ||
| campus or district performance rating under Section 39.054. | ||
| (d) In this section, "military-connected student" means a | ||
| student enrolled in a school district or open-enrollment charter | ||
| school who is a dependent of a member of: | ||
| (1) the United States military serving in the Army, | ||
| Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard on active duty; | ||
| (2) the Texas National Guard; or | ||
| (3) a reserve force of the United States military. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014 | ||
| 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, 2013. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 525 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 11, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 525 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 13, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
