TX HB213

Adds "chronically absent student" to the definition of students at risk of dropping out of school, making these students eligible for dropout prevention programs and interventions

Defines a chronically absent student as one who misses more than 10% of instructional minutes within a school year or a six-week grading period

Requires school districts and open-enrollment charter schools to report chronic absenteeism data through the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS)

Mandates that chronic absenteeism data be disaggregated by race, ethnicity, and student status (special education, dyslexia, economically disadvantaged, and emergent bilingual students)

Requires the Texas Education Agency to annually aggregate and publicly release chronic absenteeism data at both campus and district levels, including percentages for each demographic category