JLM S.B. 462 75(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


PUBLIC EDUCATION
S.B. 462
By: Luna, Gregory (Hernandez)
5-18-97
Committee Report (Unamended)



BACKGROUND 

Currently, state law allows a board of trustees of a school district, or
its designee, to admit a person into the district if the person is at
least five years of age and under 21 years of age on the first day of
September and if certain residency requirements are met. Some children who
have divorced parents may live in one school district with one parent,
while the other parent lives in another district. This bill allows the
residency of parents and their students to be considered in determining
which school district a child may attend. 

PURPOSE

As proposed, S.B. 462 allows the residency of parents and their students
to be considered in determining which school district a child may attend. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any
additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency or
institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Section 25.001(b), to admit a person into the public
schools of a district if that person and either parent reside in the
school district, or if that person does not reside in the school district
but one of the parents resides in the school district and that parent has
joint managing conservator of the person.  Also makes a conforming change. 

SECTION 2. Provides that this Act applies beginning with the 1997-1998
school year. 

SECTION 3. Emergency clause. Effective date: upon passage.