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.