Sec. 29.918. DROPOUT PREVENTION STRATEGIES

(a) Notwithstanding Section 39.234 or 42.152, a school district or open-enrollment charter school with a high dropout rate, as determined by the commissioner, must submit a plan to the commissioner describing the manner in which the district or charter school intends to use the compensatory education allotment under Section 42.152 and the high school allotment under Section 42.160 for developing and implementing research-based strategies for dropout prevention. The district or charter school shall submit the plan not later than December 1 of each school year preceding the school year in which the district or charter school will receive the compensatory education allotment or high school allotment to which the plan applies.

(b) A school district or open-enrollment charter school to which this section applies may not spend or obligate more than 25 percent of the district's or charter school's compensatory education allotment or high school allotment unless the commissioner approves the plan submitted under Subsection (a). The commissioner shall complete an initial review of the district's or charter school's plan not later than March 1 of the school year preceding the school year in which the district or charter school will receive the compensatory education allotment or high school allotment to which the plan applies.

(c) The commissioner shall adopt rules to administer this section. The commissioner may impose interventions or sanctions under Section 39.102 or 39.104 if a school district or open-enrollment charter school fails to timely comply with this section.

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1058 , Sec. 12, eff. June 15, 2007. Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 895 , Sec. 45, eff. June 19, 2009. Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1328 , Sec. 24, eff. September 1, 2009.