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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the transfer of certain public school students who are |
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children of peace officers. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 25.0344, Education Code, as added by |
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Chapter 322 (H.B. 1959), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2023, is amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding |
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Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows: |
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(b) On request of a peace officer who is a parent of or |
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person standing in parental relation to a student, the board of |
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trustees of a school district or the board's designee shall |
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transfer the student to: |
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(1) another district campus; or |
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(2) any other [to another] school district in this |
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state, regardless of whether the sending district and the receiving |
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district have entered into [under] an agreement under Section |
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25.035. |
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(e) Notwithstanding any other law, a school district must |
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approve a transfer under this section unless the district or the |
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district campus to which the student seeks to transfer is at full |
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student capacity or has more requests for transfers than available |
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positions. |
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(f) A school district may not charge a tuition fee under |
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Section 25.038 to a student who transfers to the district under this |
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section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2025. |