By West S.B. No. 704 77R4345 CAS-F A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to school district dress codes. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 11, Education Code, is 1-5 amended by adding Section 11.1621 to read as follows: 1-6 Sec. 11.1621. SCHOOL DISTRICT DRESS CODES. (a) The board 1-7 of trustees of an independent school district may adopt a student 1-8 dress code, including reasonable restrictions on student dress to: 1-9 (1) improve the learning environment in the district; 1-10 or 1-11 (2) maintain order in the district. 1-12 (b) This subsection applies only to a student who is 1-13 educationally disadvantaged and whose parent demonstrates to the 1-14 satisfaction of the district that the parent is financially unable 1-15 to purchase clothing that complies with the district dress code. A 1-16 district may discipline a student for violating the dress code only 1-17 if the district provides a means, such as through the district or 1-18 through a public or private charity, by which the student may 1-19 obtain clothing that complies with the dress code without cost to 1-20 the student's parent. 1-21 (c) A decision by a board of trustees under this section 1-22 concerning the reasonableness of restrictions on student dress or a 1-23 parent's financial inability to purchase clothing that complies 1-24 with the district dress code is final and may not be appealed under 2-1 Section 7.057. 2-2 (d) In this section, "parent" includes a person standing in 2-3 parental relation. 2-4 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 2-5 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 2-6 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 2-7 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 2-8 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.