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78R3284 KKA-F

By:  Delisi                                                       H.B. No. 591



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to public school admission of military personnel and 
dependents under reciprocity agreements between states.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 25.005, Education Code, is amended to 
read as follows:   
	Sec. 25.005.  RECIPROCITY AGREEMENTS REGARDING MILITARY 
PERSONNEL AND DEPENDENTS.  (a) To facilitate the transfer of 
military personnel and their dependents to and from the public 
schools of this state, the agency shall [may] pursue reciprocity 
agreements with other states governing the terms of those 
transfers.
	(b)  A reciprocity agreement must:                                             
		(1)  address procedures for:                                           
			(A)  transferring student records;                                    
			(B)  [(2) address procedures for] awarding credit 
for completed course work; and
			(C)  permitting a student to satisfy the 
requirements of Section 39.025 through successful performance on 
comparable exit-level assessment instruments administered in 
another state; and
		(2) [(3)]  include appropriate criteria developed by 
the agency.
	SECTION 2.  Not later than January 1, 2004, the Texas 
Education Agency shall report the results of its efforts to enter 
into reciprocity agreements in compliance with Section 25.005, 
Education Code, as amended by this Act, to the presiding officers of 
the Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs and Military Installations 
and the House of Representatives Committee on Defense Affairs and 
State-Federal Relations.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.