SB 787

89R3468 RDR-D
		By: Alvarado
  S.B. No. 787
  A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
  AN ACT
  relating to a requirement to report through the Public Education
  Information Management System the number of student deaths
  occurring on a school district or open-enrollment charter school
  campus.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 48.009(b), Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (b)  The commissioner by rule shall require each school
  district and open-enrollment charter school to report through the
  Public Education Information Management System information
  regarding:
               (1)  the number of students enrolled in the district or
  school who are identified as having dyslexia;
               (2)  the availability of school counselors, including
  the number of full-time equivalent school counselors, at each
  campus;
               (3)  the availability of expanded learning
  opportunities as described by Section 33.252 at each campus;
               (4)  the total number of students, other than students
  described by Subdivision (5), enrolled in the district or school
  with whom the district or school, as applicable, used intervention
  strategies, as that term is defined by Section 26.004, at any time
  during the year for which the report is made;
               (5)  the total number of students enrolled in the
  district or school to whom the district or school provided aids,
  accommodations, or services under Section 504, Rehabilitation Act
  of 1973 (29 U.S.C. Section 794), at any time during the year for
  which the report is made;
               (6)  disaggregated by campus and grade, the number of:
                     (A)  children who are required to attend school
  under Section 25.085, are not exempted under Section 25.086, and
  fail to attend school without excuse for 10 or more days or parts of
  days within a six-month period in the same school year;
                     (B)  students for whom the district initiates a
  truancy prevention measure under Section 25.0915(a-4); and
                     (C)  parents of students against whom an
  attendance officer or other appropriate school official has filed a
  complaint under Section 25.093; [and]
               (7)  the number of students who are enrolled in a high
  school equivalency program, a dropout recovery school, or an adult
  education program provided under a high school diploma and industry
  certification charter school program provided by the district or
  school and who:
                     (A)  are at least 18 years of age and under 26
  years of age;
                     (B)  have not previously been reported to the
  agency as dropouts; and
                     (C)  enroll in the program at the district or
  school after not attending school for a period of at least nine
  months; and
               (8)  the number of student deaths that occurred on each
  district or school campus during the year for which the report is
  made.
         SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026
  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, 2025.