Bill Text: TX HB3037 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of a task force to study the segregation of public school students with disabilities from other public school students.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-13 - Referred to Public Education [HB3037 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3037-Introduced.html
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| By: Meza | H.B. No. 3037 | |
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| relating to the creation of a task force to study the segregation of | ||
| public school students with disabilities from other public school | ||
| students. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 29, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 29.028 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 29.028. TASK FORCE ON THE SEGREGATION OF STUDENTS WITH | ||
| DISABILITIES. (a) The agency shall establish a task force to study | ||
| the segregation of public school students with disabilities from | ||
| other public school students. | ||
| (b) The task force shall be composed of teachers, advocates, | ||
| parents, and other stakeholders selected by the agency. | ||
| (c) The agency shall designate a member of the task force to | ||
| serve as presiding officer. | ||
| (d) A vacancy on the task force shall be filled in the same | ||
| manner as the initial selection. | ||
| (e) A member of the task force may not receive compensation | ||
| for service on the task force but is entitled to reimbursement for | ||
| actual and necessary expenses incurred in performing task force | ||
| duties. | ||
| (f) The task force may accept gifts and grants from any | ||
| source to be used to carry out a function of the task force. | ||
| (g) The task force shall meet at least quarterly at the call | ||
| of the presiding officer and at other times as determined by the | ||
| presiding officer. | ||
| (h) The task force shall: | ||
| (1) conduct an ongoing study of the effect of public | ||
| schools segregating students with disabilities from other | ||
| students. The study must address: | ||
| (A) student achievement on assessment | ||
| instruments adopted under Chapter 39; | ||
| (B) student absences from class; | ||
| (C) student violations of the student code of | ||
| conduct; and | ||
| (D) other factors as determined relevant by the | ||
| agency; and | ||
| (2) develop recommendations for schools to better | ||
| integrate students with disabilities into all school activities. | ||
| (i) Not less than once every two years, the task force shall | ||
| submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the | ||
| house of representatives, and the standing committees of the | ||
| legislature having jurisdiction over the agency a report that | ||
| summarizes the study conducted and recommendations developed under | ||
| Subsection (h). | ||
| (j) Chapter 2110, Government Code, does not apply to the | ||
| task force established under this section. | ||
| (k) The task force shall submit the first report required | ||
| under Subsection (i) not later than December 31, 2020. | ||
| SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2019, the Texas | ||
| Education Agency shall appoint members to the task force | ||
| established by Section 29.028, Education Code, as added by this | ||
| Act, in the manner required by Subsection (b) of that section. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
