SB787 - 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.

  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.