2017 Legislative Session Texas Student Data System BillsSummary and Progress

Bill Number / Bill Caption / Summary / TEDS Data Collection Year / Implementation Completed
HB7 / Relating to child protective services suits, motions, and servicesby the Department of Family and Protective Services and to thelicensing of certain facilities, homes, and agencies that providechild-care services. / Clarifies the definition of At-Risk students related to criteria #11 and #13. / 2018-2019 / Yes
HB22 / Relating to public school accountability. / Redefines the public school accountability system from 5 domains to three and eliminates all statutes related to CASE. / 2017-2018 & 2018-2019 & 2019-2020 / Yes
Yes
No
HB156 / Relating to establishing a pilot program in designated public high schools in certain municipalities for placement of students in Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps programs as an alternative to placement in disciplinary or juvenile justice alternative education programs. / Program cannot start until the spring of 2017-2018 school year. Commissioner of education will pick the pilot schools to participate. Program is a pilot that expires September 1, 2019 without legislation being filed in the 2019 legislative session to extend the pilot to the 2019-2020 school year and beyond. / Not planned for TSDS. / Not Applicable
HB357 / Relating to the eligibility of the children of certain first responders for free prekindergarten programs in public schools. / Students who are children of First Responders injured on duty and awarded the Star of Texas award are eligible for PK services. / 2018-2019
Published 12-1-17 / Yes
HB441 / Relating to operation of public schools on Memorial Day. / Schools are not permitted to operate school on Memorial Day. / 2018-2019
Published 12-1-17 / Yes
HB674 / Relating to the suspension of a student enrolled in a grade level below grade three from public school and to a positive behavior program for public schools. / Students below grade level 3 cannot be suspended out-of-school except for certain reasons specified. / 2018-2019
Published 12-1-17 / Yes
HB897
(83rd) / Relating to instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation in secondary education curriculum / Requires grade 9-12 students to be trained on the use of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). / 2018-2019
TREx / No
HB1935 / Relating to the carrying of certain knives; creating a criminal offense. / The bill will affect the coding and reporting of knives related to disciplinary removals. / 2018-2019
Published 12-1-17 / Yes
HB2442 / Relating to the minutes of operation required for public school districts, charter schools, and other education programs and to calculating the average daily attendance for certain education programs. / The bill creates different types of calendar length requirements for different programs such as regular school, PK, special at-risk student programs, and charter schools. / 2018-2019
Published 12-1-17 / Yes
HB2937 / Relating to the establishment of a pilot program under which a licensed hospital may offer dual credit courses to public high school students. Medical Dual Credit Program; students eligible for ADA / The bill authorizes the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to develop and implement a dual credit program for students to take certain health care course at selected hospitals. / 2019-2020
Early notice planned for 7-1-18 / No
HB3593 / Relating to instruction in career and technology education provided by public schools, including instruction in technology applications, cybersecurity, and computer coding, and to consideration of completed practicums and internships in school accountability ratings. / Students can take cybersecurity courses at certain universities. Teachers of these cybersecurity courses will earn a stipend.
Amends the now defunct Domain 4 of the public school accountability system to add practicums and internships to Student Achievement Domain. / 2017-2018
2019-2020 / Yes
No
HB3706 / Relating to certain alternative education programs designed toaddress workforce development needs for at-risk students. / TEA will fund Online Dropout Recovery Programs with Foundation School Program (FSP) Average Daily Attendance (ADA) through the Optional Flexible School Day Program (OFSDP). / 2018-2019 / No
SB22 / Relating to the establishment of a Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH) program and to the repeal of the tech-prep program. / The P-TECH program will be established by the P-TECH advisory council and commissioner in collaboration with Higher Education Coordinating Board. / 2018-2019
Published 3-1-18 / Yes
SB30 / Relating to inclusion of instruction regarding interaction with peace officers in the required curriculum for certain public school students and in driver education courses and to civilian interaction training for peace officers. / Requires students to be provided training on proper interaction with law enforcement officers. / 2018-2019
TREx / No
SB179 / Relating to harassment, bullying, and cyberbullying of a public school student or minor and certain mental health programs for public school students; increasing a criminal penalty. / Students who commit certain acts of bullying can be placed or expelled to a Disciplinary alternative education program (DAEP). / Not planned for TSDS. No legal authority to collect data. / Not Applicable
SB276 / Relating to an adult high school diploma and industry certification charter school pilot program. / Establishes a new performance framework for a specific type of charter school. / No New data needed after internal study / Not Applicable
SB490 / Relating to school counselors in public schools. / Requires schools to report new data regarding the availability of school counselors at a particular campus. / 2018-2019
Published 12-1-17 / Yes
SB622 / Relating to itemizing certain public notice expenditures in certainpolitical subdivision budgets. / Requires a new LEA budget code for expenditures related to required notices published in newspapers. / 2018-2019 or 2019-2020
TREx / No
SB671 / Relating to the public high school graduation credit requirementsfor a language other than English. / Allows for an elementary school student that completes a LOTE program to earn a high school credit for high school graduation. / 2018-2019 or 2019-2020 / No
SB1153 / Relating to parental rights and information regarding certain intervention strategies used with public school students. / Requires new data reporting on intervention strategies for Section 504 students. / 2018-2019
Published 12-1-17 / Yes
SB1404 / Relating to requiring school districts and open-enrollment charter schools to report certain information regarding expanded learning opportunities. / The bill is related to blended learning opportunities and corresponding data reporting of the same. / 2019-2020 / No
SB1566 / Relating to certain powers and duties of the board of trustees of an independent school district and the governing body of an open-enrollment charter school and to abolishing certain county boards of education, boards of county school trustees, and offices of county school superintendent. / The bill establishes a school board information tool for local school board members to review campus and district academic achievement data. / 2019-2020 / No
SB1843 / Relating to providing an opportunity for public high school students in grades 10 through 12 to take the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery test or an alternative vocational aptitude test. / The bill requires schools to report on their status of offering the Armed Services Vocational Battery Aptitude test. / 2018-2019 / No
SB1873 / Relating to a report regarding certain health and safety information prepared by the Texas Education Agency. / The bill requires the reporting of additional data related to physical education classes. / 2018-2019
Published 12-1-17 / Yes
SB2080 / Relating to a requirement that school districts and open-enrollment charter schools report certain information regarding children with disabilities who reside in residential facilities. / The bill creates a new TSDS Core data collection to capture the data currently reported through the Residential Facility Tracker application.
RFTracker application conversion to TSDS. / 2019-2020 / No
SB2084 / Relating to calculation of average daily attendance for public school students in blended learning programs. / The bill requires additional attendance data for student participating in blended learning programs. / 2019-2020 / No