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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring public schools to make reasonable |
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accommodations for lactating students. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 38.044 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 38.044. ACCOMMODATIONS FOR LACTATING STUDENTS. The |
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board of trustees of each school district, the governing boards of |
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the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired and the Texas |
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School for the Deaf, and the governing body of each open-enrollment |
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charter school shall provide reasonable accommodations to a |
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lactating student enrolled at the middle or high school level to |
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enable the student to: |
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(1) express breast milk; |
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(2) breast-feed an infant child; and |
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(3) address other needs related to breast-feeding. |
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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. |