State Compensatory Education
SB 1746, 86th Legislature, 2019 amended Section 29.081 of the Texas Code (TEC) to expand the definition of students who are at risk of dropping out to include incarcerated or who have parents/guardian that have been incarcerated within the life time of the student. These students are eligible to receive certain services that other at-risk students receive, such as counseling and academic enhancement services.
TEA’s general guidelines for documenting a student at-risk due to incarceration are as follows:
•Timeline for Identification – This begins as soon as the appropriate school staff is informed of a student’s incarceration or that
a student’s parent or guardian has been incarcerated in a penal institution in the student’s lifetime.
•Start Date – This is the date of disclosure to campus staff.
•End Date – The student remains identified as at-risk for the remainder of his/her public school education
.•Districts may legally request this information. Documentation must be maintained and may include a detailed “memo-to-file.”