82R1622 PAM-F
 
  By: Gallegos S.B. No. 207
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to requiring certain students leaving public school to
  provide documentation necessary to ensure an accurate calculation
  of dropout rates.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 25, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 25.0861 to read as follows:
         Sec. 25.0861.  DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS FOR STUDENT
  LEAVING SCHOOL TO RECEIVE HOME-SCHOOL INSTRUCTION. (a) In this
  section, "qualified student" means a student who:
               (1)  is married;
               (2)  is 18 years of age or older; or
               (3)  has established a residence separate from the
  student's parent, guardian, or other person having lawful control
  of the student.
         (b)  This section applies only to a student previously
  enrolled in a public school who, for the purpose of receiving
  home-school instruction, withdraws from or otherwise no longer
  attends public school. To satisfy documentation requirements for
  data reported under the Public Education Information Management
  System (PEIMS), a school shall, within the period prescribed by
  commissioner rule, obtain regarding a student described by this
  subsection documentation that:
               (1)  is in writing;
               (2)  includes a statement of intent for the student to
  receive home-school instruction; and
               (3)  is signed and dated by:
                     (A)  the student's parent, guardian, or other
  person having lawful control of the student or the student if the
  student is a qualified student; and
                     (B)  an authorized representative of the school
  district.
         (c)  A document provided to a school under Subsection (b) is
  not a public record and is not subject to release under Chapter 552,
  Government Code.
         (d)  Not later than January 1, 2012, the commissioner shall
  amend rules regarding the Public Education Information Management
  System (PEIMS) as necessary to conform to the requirements of this
  section. This subsection expires January 31, 2012.
         SECTION 2.  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, 2011.