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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain student records required on a child's |
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enrollment in a public school or on a child's transfer from one |
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school district to another school district. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 25.002(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) If a parent or other person with legal control of a child |
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under a court order enrolls the child in a public school, the parent |
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or other person or the school district in which the child most |
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recently attended school shall furnish to the school district: |
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(1) the child's birth certificate or another document |
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suitable as proof of the child's identity; |
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(2) a copy of the child's records from the school the |
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child most recently attended if the child has been previously |
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enrolled in a school in this state or another state, including for a |
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child who most recently attended a public school in this state, a |
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copy of the child's disciplinary record and any threat assessment |
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involving the child's behavior conducted under Section 37.115; and |
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(3) a record showing that the child has the |
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immunizations as required under Section 38.001, in the case of a |
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child required under that section to be immunized, proof as |
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required by that section showing that the child is not required to |
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be immunized, or proof that the child is entitled to provisional |
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admission under that section and under rules adopted under that |
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section. |
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SECTION 2. Section 25.036, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) In the case of a transfer under this section, a child's |
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school district of residence shall provide the receiving district |
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with the child's disciplinary record and any threat assessment |
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involving the child's behavior conducted under Section 37.115. |
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SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |