HB5636 - Relating to the reporting of information regarding high school performance acknowledgments earned by public school students.

  89R2254 CMO-D     By: Garcia of Bexar H.B. No. 5636       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the reporting of information regarding high school   performance acknowledgments earned by public school students.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 28.025(e-2), Education Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (e-2)  At the end of each school year, each school district   shall report through the Public Education Information Management   System (PEIMS) the number of district students who, during that   school year[ , were ]:                (1)   were enrolled in the foundation high school   program;                (2)   were pursuing the distinguished level of   achievement under the foundation high school program as provided by   Subsection (b-15); [ and ]                (3)   were enrolled in a program to earn an endorsement   described by Subsection (c-1) ; and                 (4)     earned each type of performance acknowledgement   described by Subsection (c-5) .          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.