HB3795 - Relating to applicability of reporting requirements to private schools and other entities providing education services in this state that accept students with vouchers, education savings accounts, tax credit scholarships, or certain other funding.

  89R12417 CMO-D     By: Plesa H.B. No. 3795       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to applicability of reporting requirements to private   schools and other entities providing education services in this   state that accept students with vouchers, education savings   accounts, tax credit scholarships, or certain other funding.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 1, Education Code, is amended by adding   Section 1.0026 to read as follows:           Sec.   1.0026.     APPLICATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS TO   CERTAIN PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND OTHER ENTITIES PROVIDING EDUCATION   SERVICES IN THIS STATE. (a)   In this section, "private school"   has   the meaning assigned by Section 5.001.           (b)     A private school or other entity providing education   services in this state that accepts a student with a voucher,   education savings account, tax credit scholarship, or any other   funding that would otherwise have been part of the foundation   school fund is subject to any reporting requirement that applies to   a school district, the board of trustees of a school district, or   public school students, including requirements imposed by a state   agency or entity other than the agency.   A private school or other   entity subject to reporting requirements under this subsection   shall provide a report required in accordance with this section not   later than the 30th day after the date on which a public school must   provide the same report.           (c)     A private school or other entity providing education   services in this state may not enroll or otherwise provide   education services to students described by Subsection (b) in any   school year in which the private school or other entity providing   education services does not comply with this section.          SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026   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.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2025.