{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-39a.007","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Education Code § 39A.007","heading":"INTERVENTION TO IMPROVE HIGH SCHOOL COMPLETION RATE.","body":"(a) This section applies to a school district if the district is subject to commissioner action under Section 39A.001 and the district has failed to satisfy any standard under Section 39.054(e) because of the district's dropout rates.\n(b) The commissioner may impose against a school district subject to this section sanctions designed to improve high school completion rates, including:\n(1) ordering the development of a dropout prevention plan for approval by the commissioner;\n(2) restructuring the district or appropriate school campuses to improve identification of and service to students who are at risk of dropping out of school, as defined by Section 29.081;\n(3) ordering lower student-to-counselor ratios on school campuses with high dropout rates; and\n(4) ordering the use of any other intervention strategy effective in reducing dropout rates, including mentor programs and flexible class scheduling.\nAdded by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 324 (S.B. 1488), Sec. 21.001, eff. September 1, 2017.","path":["EDUCATION CODE","TITLE 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION","SUBTITLE H. PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM ACCOUNTABILITY","CHAPTER 39A. ACCOUNTABILITY INTERVENTIONS AND SANCTIONS","SUBCHAPTER A. INTERVENTIONS AND SANCTIONS FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.39A.htm#39A.007","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:05Z","sha256":"d52402c8b53686e6982a4eac4c5813da7d5f4985dc37b42441cf1e204c2815dd","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-39a.006","next":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-39a.051"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}