Bill Text: TX SB1746 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the inclusion of certain students as students at risk of dropping out of school.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-02 - Effective immediately [SB1746 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1746-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 1746 |
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relating to the inclusion of certain students as students at risk of | ||
dropping out of school. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 29.081(d), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(d) For purposes of this section, "student at risk of | ||
dropping out of school" includes each student who is under 26 years | ||
of age and who: | ||
(1) was not advanced from one grade level to the next | ||
for one or more school years; | ||
(2) if the student is in grade 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, or 12, | ||
did not maintain an average equivalent to 70 on a scale of 100 in two | ||
or more subjects in the foundation curriculum during a semester in | ||
the preceding or current school year or is not maintaining such an | ||
average in two or more subjects in the foundation curriculum in the | ||
current semester; | ||
(3) did not perform satisfactorily on an assessment | ||
instrument administered to the student under Subchapter B, Chapter | ||
39, and who has not in the previous or current school year | ||
subsequently performed on that instrument or another appropriate | ||
instrument at a level equal to at least 110 percent of the level of | ||
satisfactory performance on that instrument; | ||
(4) if the student is in prekindergarten, | ||
kindergarten, or grade 1, 2, or 3, did not perform satisfactorily on | ||
a readiness test or assessment instrument administered during the | ||
current school year; | ||
(5) is pregnant or is a parent; | ||
(6) has been placed in an alternative education | ||
program in accordance with Section 37.006 during the preceding or | ||
current school year; | ||
(7) has been expelled in accordance with Section | ||
37.007 during the preceding or current school year; | ||
(8) is currently on parole, probation, deferred | ||
prosecution, or other conditional release; | ||
(9) was previously reported through the Public | ||
Education Information Management System (PEIMS) to have dropped out | ||
of school; | ||
(10) is a student of limited English proficiency, as | ||
defined by Section 29.052; | ||
(11) is in the custody or care of the Department of | ||
Family and Protective Services or has, during the current school | ||
year, been referred to the department by a school official, officer | ||
of the juvenile court, or law enforcement official; | ||
(12) is homeless, as defined by 42 U.S.C. Section | ||
11302, and its subsequent amendments; [ |
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(13) resided in the preceding school year or resides | ||
in the current school year in a residential placement facility in | ||
the district, including a detention facility, substance abuse | ||
treatment facility, emergency shelter, psychiatric hospital, | ||
halfway house, cottage home operation, specialized child-care | ||
home, or general residential operation; or | ||
(14) has been incarcerated or has a parent or guardian | ||
who has been incarcerated, within the lifetime of the student, in a | ||
penal institution as defined by Section 1.07, Penal Code. | ||
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, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1746 passed the Senate on | ||
April 29, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1746 passed the House on | ||
May 16, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 5, two | ||
present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |