HBA-GUM H.B. 3761 76(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 3761 By: Gallego Public Education 4/20/1999 Introduced BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Currently, school districts are not required to arrange for the transfer and assignment from one district to another of a student who fails to perform satisfactorily on an assessment instrument and attends a low-performing campus. H.B. 3761 requires a school district to arrange the transfer of a low-performing student to a school district of the student's parent's choice if space is available. This bill requires the school district to which the student is transferred to accept and enroll the student. This bill also provides that the student is supported by a public education grant. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Subchapter G, Chapter 29, Education Code, by adding Section 29.206, as follows: Sec. 29.206. ASSISTANCE FOR CERTAIN STUDENTS. (a) Provides that this section applies to a student who fails to perform satisfactorily on a certain specified assessment instrument and attends a certain specified low-performing campus. (b) Authorizes a parent of a student to provide to the district in which the student is assigned to attend school a list of not more than five other schools located in districts other than the district the student is currently assigned to attend, in order of preference, that the parent of the student wants the student to attend. Provides that the list must be submitted in the specified manner. (c) Requires the district to assign or transfer the student to the highest ranked school on the list at which space is available. (d) Requires the district to which the student is assigned to accept or enroll the student supported by a public education grant. (e) Requires the superintendent or the superintendent's designee of the district in which the child is assigned to attend school to assist the parent in contacting the district of the listed schools and serve as an advocate for the student's admission to a listed school. SECTION 2. Requires the commissioner of education to develop a form as required under Section 29.206, Education Code, as added by this Act, not later than January 1, 2000. SECTION 3. Emergency clause. Effective date: upon passage.