TITLE: Relating to the collection of data relating to military-connected students through the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS).

SUMMARY: Relating to the collection of data relating to military-connected students through the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS).

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the collection of data relating to military-connected students through the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS). BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 25.006, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows: (c) The agency shall collect data each year from school districts and open-enrollment charter schools through the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) relating to the enrollment of military-connected students. The data relating to the enrollment of military-connected students under this section: (1) must include the number of active duty military-connected students and the number of National Guard or reserve military-connected students enrolled in the school district or open-enrollment charter school on a date at the beginning of the school year specified by the agency and a date at the end of the school year specified by the agency; and (2) may not be used for purposes of determining a campus or district performance rating under Section 39.054. (d) In this section, "military-connected student" means a student enrolled in a school district or open-enrollment charter school who is a dependent of a member of: (1) the United States military serving in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard on active duty; (2) the Texas National Guard; or (3) a reserve force of the United States military. SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014 school year. SECTION 3. 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.