85R7961 PAM-D     By: King of Hemphill H.B. No. 1731       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the inclusion of students receiving treatment in a   residential facility in the determination of dropout rates for   purposes of public school accountability.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subsection (f), Section 39.054, Education Code,   as effective September 1, 2017, is transferred to Section 39.053,   Education Code, redesignated as Subsection (g-3), Section 39.053,   Education Code, and amended to read as follows:          (g-3) [(f)]  In the computation of dropout rates under   Subsections (c)(4)(A)(i) [Sections 39.053(c)(4)(A)(i)] and   (B)(ii)(a), a student who is released from a juvenile   pre-adjudication secure detention facility or juvenile   post-adjudication secure correctional facility and fails to enroll   in school or a student who leaves a residential treatment center or   facility, including a residential facility under Section 29.012,   after receiving treatment [for fewer than 85 days] and fails to   enroll in school may not be considered to have dropped out from the   school district or campus serving the facility or center unless   that district or campus is the one to which the student is regularly   assigned.  The agency may not limit an appeal relating to dropout   computations under this subsection.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.