---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the qualifications for designation as a dropout recovery school."
description: "Relating to the qualifications for designation as a dropout recovery school."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 879"
citation: "Texas SB 879 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DROPOUTS & AT-RISK STUDENTS (S0088)", "EDUCATION", "COMMISSIONER OF (V9954)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Admission & Attendance (I0227)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Charter Schools (I0245)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dutton", "Lucio"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-01"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba3db593-3a4d-49c9-ad1e-a14e04d3ab7e"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00800_SB00899/SB 879.xml"
source_hash: "8955453856b204d82be684f18e88a36624b2cc041b8d2870a6242d6ffe3c3fd7"
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 SB 879 (87) — Relating to the qualifications for designation as a dropout recovery school.

## 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/SB00879I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00879E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00879H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00879S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00879F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Dutton — primary (person)
- Lucio — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-03-01** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-03-01** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-19** Posting rule suspended
- **2021-04-20** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-20** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-20** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-23** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-23** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-23** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-29** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-29** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-04-29** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-29** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-29** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-29** Record vote
- **2021-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-29** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-29** Record vote
- **2021-04-29** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-29** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-30** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-30** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-04** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-04** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-04** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-05** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-07** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-05-11** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-05-08** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2021-05-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-08** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-08** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-08** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-08** Record vote
- **2021-05-08** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-10** House passage reported
- **2021-05-11** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-12** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-12** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-12** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-24** 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/ba3db593-3a4d-49c9-ad1e-a14e04d3ab7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).