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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the inclusion of students enrolled in a dropout recovery school as students at risk of dropping out of school for purposes of compensatory, intensive, and accelerated instruction and to a study by the Texas Education Agency on competency-based educational programs."
+description: "Relating to the inclusion of students enrolled in a dropout recovery school as students at risk of dropping out of school for purposes of compensatory, intensive, and accelerated instruction and to a study by the Texas Education Agency on competency-based educational programs."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "HB 572"
+citation: "Texas HB 572 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["DROPOUTS & AT-RISK STUDENTS (S0088)", "EDUCATION AGENCY", "TEXAS (V9941)", "EDUCATION", "COMMISSIONER OF (V9954)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Accountability (I0007)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Charter Schools (I0245)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Curriculum (I0228)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Finance (I0250)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Dutton", "Lucio"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 74
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2020-11-13"
+last_action: "2021-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd5800c1-e3dc-4253-92fe-ceae9debd5dd"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00500_HB00599/HB 572.xml"
+source_hash: "f746a8aaaafb2bd479ac784b022a0653c7883380edf7c7814a2fdde6c96e15bc"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
+---
+
+# Texas HB 572 (87) — Relating to the inclusion of students enrolled in a dropout recovery school as students at risk of dropping out of school for purposes of compensatory, intensive, and accelerated instruction and to a study by the Texas Education Agency on competency-based educational programs.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00572I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00572E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00572H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00572S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00572F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **128–0** (pass) · lower
+- other — **138–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dutton — primary (person)
+- Lucio — primary (person)
+- Buckingham — cosponsor (person)
+- West — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-11-13** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-01** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-06** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-06** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-04-06** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-04-15** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2021-04-15** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-04-15** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-28** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-04-29** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-04-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-05-10** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-05-12** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-05-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-13** Passed to engrossment
+- **2021-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-14** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-14** Record vote
+- **2021-05-14** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-16** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-05-17** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2021-05-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-05-17** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-21** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2021-05-21** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-05-21** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-21** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-05-21** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-05-22** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-24** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-24** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-05-26** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2021-05-26** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-05-26** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-05-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-26** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-05-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-26** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-26** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
+- **2021-05-26** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-26** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-05-26** Record vote
+- **2021-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-26** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-26** Record vote
+- **2021-05-27** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2021-05-28** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
+- **2021-05-28** House requests conference committee
+- **2021-05-28** House appoints conferees
+- **2021-05-28** House refuses to concur-reported
+- **2021-05-28** House requests conference committee-reported
+- **2021-05-28** House appoints conferees-reported
+- **2021-05-28** Senate grants request for conference comm.
+- **2021-05-28** Senate appoints conferees
+- **2021-05-29** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
+- **2021-05-29** Senate appoints conferees-reported
+- **2021-05-29** Conference committee report filed
+- **2021-05-29** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
+- **2021-05-30** Senate adopts conference committee report
+- **2021-05-30** Record vote
+- **2021-05-30** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2021-05-30** House adopts conference committee report
+- **2021-05-30** Record vote
+- **2021-05-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-30** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2021-05-30** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-14** Effective immediately `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd5800c1-e3dc-4253-92fe-ceae9debd5dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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