87R4891 TSS-D     By: Allison H.B. No. 1726       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to reporting the number of incidents of bullying and   cyberbullying in a school district and open-enrollment charter   school through the Public Education Information Management System.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 48.009, Education Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (b-4) to read as follows:          (b-4)  The commissioner by rule shall require each school   district and open-enrollment charter school to annually report   through the Public Education Information Management System the   number of reported incidents of bullying that have occurred at each   campus.  The commissioner's rules shall require a district or   school to specify the number of incidents of bullying that included   cyberbullying.          SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022   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, 2021.