By Williams                                           H.B. No. 2961
         77R6801 KKA-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to use of student directory information by public schools.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1.  Chapter 26, Education Code, is amended by adding
 1-5     Section 26.013 to read as follows:
 1-6           Sec. 26.013.  STUDENT DIRECTORY INFORMATION. A school
 1-7     district may not include personal information regarding a child in
 1-8     a student directory unless the district:
 1-9                 (1)  notifies the child's parent of the type of
1-10     information the district proposes to include in the directory, such
1-11     as the child's name, address, or photograph; and
1-12                 (2)  obtains the parent's written consent specifically
1-13     identifying the information that may be included.
1-14           SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2001-2002
1-15     school year.
1-16           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-17     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-18     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-19     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-20     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.