78R3508 SLO-D

By:  Van Arsdale                                                  H.B. No. 692



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the eligibility of a student to transfer to a different 
school under the No Child Left Behind Act.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 25, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 25.043 to read as follows:
	Sec. 25.043.  TRANSFERS UNDER FEDERAL LAW.  In addition to 
any other transfer authorized under this subchapter or Subchapter 
G, Chapter 29, a student may transfer to another school in the 
school district in which the student is entitled to attend school 
under Section 25.001 if the student is assigned to attend a school 
from which a student may transfer under the No Child Left Behind Act 
of 2001 (Pub.L. No. 107-110) and any related rules adopted by the 
commissioner.
	SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2003-2004 
school year.       
	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.