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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to best practices for public school student dropout |
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prevention and recovery. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 7, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 7.0091 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 7.0091. BEST PRACTICES FOR DROPOUT PREVENTION AND |
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RECOVERY. In conjunction with the online clearinghouse of best |
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practices information established under Section 7.009, the agency |
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shall establish a dropout prevention assistance center to: |
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(1) identify successful or promising school district, |
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campus, or open-enrollment charter school dropout prevention and |
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recovery programs; |
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(2) collect and analyze performance data regarding |
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programs described by Subdivision (1); |
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(3) identify strategies or components common to |
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programs described by Subdivision (1); |
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(4) disseminate to school districts, open-enrollment |
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charter schools, and regional education service centers |
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information concerning programs described by Subdivision (1) |
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through conferences, publications, toolkits, and posting to the |
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online clearinghouse established under Section 7.009; |
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(5) work in conjunction with regional education |
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service centers to create needs assessments for districts and |
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open-enrollment charter schools that are interested in determining |
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which best practices for dropout prevention or recovery would be |
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most appropriate for the district or charter school; |
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(6) identify programs described by Subdivision (1) |
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that educators or other employees of a school district, |
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open-enrollment charter school, and regional education service |
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center could visit and establish procedures for such learning |
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visits; and |
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(7) develop or collect and provide information for |
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districts and open-enrollment charter schools interested in |
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implementing a specific best practice for dropout prevention or |
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recovery, including research concerning the efficacy of the |
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practice and costs associated with and other resources needed for |
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implementing the practice. |
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SECTION 2. This Act does not make an appropriation. A |
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provision in this Act that creates a new governmental program, |
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creates a new entitlement, or imposes a new duty on a governmental |
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entity is not mandatory during a fiscal period for which the |
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legislature has not made a specific appropriation to implement the |
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provision. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |