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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the inclusion of students receiving treatment in a |
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residential facility in the determination of dropout rates for |
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purposes of public school accountability. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (f), Section 39.054, Education Code, |
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as effective September 1, 2017, is transferred to Section 39.053, |
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Education Code, redesignated as Subsection (g-3), Section 39.053, |
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Education Code, and amended to read as follows: |
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(g-3) [(f)] In the computation of dropout rates under |
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Subsections (c)(4)(A)(i) [Sections 39.053(c)(4)(A)(i)] and |
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(B)(ii)(a), a student who is released from a juvenile |
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pre-adjudication secure detention facility or juvenile |
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post-adjudication secure correctional facility and fails to enroll |
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in school or a student who leaves a residential treatment center or |
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facility, including a residential facility under Section 29.012, |
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after receiving treatment [for fewer than 85 days] and fails to |
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enroll in school may not be considered to have dropped out from the |
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school district or campus serving the facility or center unless |
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that district or campus is the one to which the student is regularly |
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assigned. The agency may not limit an appeal relating to dropout |
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computations under this subsection. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |