Sec. 42.006. PUBLIC EDUCATION INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (PEIMS).

(a-6) The commissioner by rule shall require each school district and open-enrollment charter school to report through the Public Education Information Management System information disaggregated by campus and grade regarding:

(1) the number of 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;

(2) the number of students for whom the district initiates a truancy prevention measure under Section 25.0915(a-4); and

(3) the number of parents of students against whom an attendance officer or other appropriate school official has filed a complaint under Section 25.093.

(a-8) The commissioner by rule shall require each school district and open-enrollment charter school to annually report through the Public Education Information Management System information regarding 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:

(1) are at least 18 years of age and under 26 years of age;

(2) have not previously been reported to the agency as dropouts; and

(3) enroll in the program at the district or school after not attending school for a period of at least nine months.

(a-9) A student reported under Subsection (a-8) as having 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 must be reported through the Public Education Information Management System as having previously dropped out of school.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 903, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

Amended by:

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1340 (S.B. 1871), Sec. 7, eff. June 15, 2007.

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 295 (H.B. 1264), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2013.

Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 550 (S.B. 490), Sec. 3, eff. June 9, 2017.

Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 735 (S.B. 1153), Sec. 4, eff. June 12, 2017.

Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 916 (S.B. 1404), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2017.

Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.016, eff. September 1, 2019.

Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.017, eff. September 1, 2019.

Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 4.001(a)(28), eff. September 1, 2019.

Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1036 (H.B. 548), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.

Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1060 (H.B. 1051), Sec. 8, eff. June 14, 2019.