By: González of El Paso H.B. No. 4394       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to plans by a school district or open-enrollment charter   school for mitigating student learning loss due to the coronavirus   disease (COVID-19) pandemic.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 29, Education Code, is amended by adding   Subchapter O to read as follows:   SUBCHAPTER O. PLANS FOR MITIGATING LEARNING LOSS DUE TO COVID-19   PANDEMIC          Sec. 29.601.  DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:                (1)  "Learning loss" means any specific or general loss   of knowledge and skills or reversals in academic progress.          Sec. 29.602.  SCHOOL YEARS AFFECTED BY CORONAVIRUS DISEASE.   For purposes of this subchapter, the school years affected by the   coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic include:                (1)  the 2020-2021 school year;                (2)  the 2021-2022 school year; and                (3)  the 2022-2023 school year.          Sec. 29.603.  LEARNING LOSS IDENTIFICATION. Each school   district and open-enrollment charter school shall identify each   student enrolled in the district or school who has experienced   learning loss during any school year affected by the coronavirus   disease pandemic.          Sec. 29.604.  PLANS FOR MITIGATING LEARNING LOSS.          (a)  Each school district and open-enrollment charter school   shall develop a plan to mitigate student learning loss as a result   of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.          (b)  A school district or an open-enrollment charter school   shall make the methods included in the learning loss plan available   to any student identified as having experienced learning loss under   Section 29.603.          (c)  A school district or an open-enrollment charter school   may prioritize any students that the district or school has   identified as most affected by the coronavirus disease pandemic.          Sec. 29.605  FUNDING TO IMPLEMENT PLANS TO MITIGATE LEARNING   LOSS. (a) The agency shall make federal funds available to school   districts and open-enrollment charter schools to implement the   plans developed under Sec. 29.604.          Sec. 29.606.  RULES. The commissioner shall adopt necessary   rules to implement this subchapter.          Sec. 29.607.  EXPIRATION. This subchapter expires September   1, 2025.          SECTION 2.  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.