By Hawley, Delisi, Hunter, Noriega                    H.B. No. 2125
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to public school admission of military personnel and
 1-3     dependents under reciprocity agreements between states.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 25, Education Code, is
 1-6     amended by adding Section 25.005 to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 25.005.  RECIPROCITY AGREEMENTS REGARDING MILITARY
 1-8     PERSONNEL AND DEPENDENTS. (a)  To facilitate the transfer of
 1-9     military personnel and their dependents to and from the public
1-10     schools of this state, the agency may pursue reciprocity agreements
1-11     with other states governing the terms of those transfers.
1-12           (b)  A reciprocity agreement must:
1-13                 (1)  address procedures for transferring student
1-14     records;
1-15                 (2)  address procedures for awarding credit for
1-16     completed course work; and
1-17                 (3)  include appropriate criteria developed by the
1-18     agency.
1-19           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-20     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-21     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-22     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-23     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.