88(R) HB 2721 - Introduced version - Bill Text
  88R7914 KJE-D
 
  By:  Dutton H.B.  No.  2721
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to accelerated and supplemental instruction provided to
  public school students who fail to achieve satisfactory performance
  on certain assessment instruments and access to criminal history
  record information for certain tutors providing that instruction.
               BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
               SECTION  1.    Section 7.010(c), Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
               (c)    The electronic student records system must permit an
  authorized state or district official or an authorized
  representative of an institution of higher education to
  electronically transfer to and from an educational institution in
  which the student is enrolled and retrieve student transcripts,
  including information concerning a student's:
                           (1)    course or grade completion;
                           (2)    teachers of record;
                           (3)    assessment instrument results;
                           (4)    receipt of special education services, including
  placement in a special education program and the individualized
  education program developed; and
                           (5)    personal graduation plan as described by Section
  [28.0212 or] 28.02121[, as applicable].
               SECTION  2.    Section 12.104(b), Education Code, as amended by
  Chapters 542 (S.B. 168), 887 (S.B. 1697), 915 (H.B. 3607), 974 (S.B.
  2081), and 1046 (S.B. 1365), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2021, is reenacted and amended to read as follows:
               (b)    An open-enrollment charter school is subject to:
                           (1)    a provision of this title establishing a criminal
  offense;
                           (2)    the provisions in Chapter 554, Government Code;
  and
                           (3)    a prohibition, restriction, or requirement, as
  applicable, imposed by this title or a rule adopted under this
  title, relating to:
                                       (A)    the Public Education Information Management
  System (PEIMS) to the extent necessary to monitor compliance with
  this subchapter as determined by the commissioner;
                                       (B)    criminal history records under Subchapter C,
  Chapter 22;
                                       (C)    reading instruments and accelerated reading
  instruction programs under Section 28.006;
                                       (D)    accelerated instruction under Section
  28.0211;
                                       (E)    high school graduation requirements under
  Section 28.025;
                                       (F)    special education programs under Subchapter
  A, Chapter 29;
                                       (G)    bilingual education under Subchapter B,
  Chapter 29;
                                       (H)    prekindergarten programs under Subchapter E
  or E-1, Chapter 29, except class size limits for prekindergarten
  classes imposed under Section 25.112, which do not apply;
                                       (I)    extracurricular activities under Section
  33.081;
                                       (J)    discipline management practices or behavior
  management techniques under Section 37.0021;
                                       (K)    health and safety under Chapter 38;
                                       (L)    the provisions of Subchapter A, Chapter 39;
                                       (M)    public school accountability and special
  investigations under Subchapters A, B, C, D, F, G, and J, Chapter
  39, and Chapter 39A;
                                       (N)    the requirement under Section 21.006 to
  report an educator's misconduct;
                                       (O)    [intensive programs of instruction under
  Section 28.0213;


Statutes affected:
Introduced: Education Code 7.010, Education Code 12.111, Education Code 28.0212, Education Code 22.0833, Education Code 22.085, Education Code 22.0834, Education Code 22.093, Education Code 28.0211, Education Code 29.0881, Education Code 39.235, Government Code 411.0901, Government Code 28.0211 (Education Code 7, Education Code 28, Government Code 411, Education Code 12, Education Code 39, Government Code 28, Education Code 22, Education Code 29)