By:  Shapleigh                                                    S.B. No. 584


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 (a), Education Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(a)  It is the intent of the Legislature that children of the 
men and women who valiantly serve our nation in the military may 
transfer into Texas public schools with minimum disruption to their 
educational advancement.  [To facilitate the transfer of military 
personnel and their dependents to and from the public schools of 
this state] and to ensure those students are not penalized as a 
result of mandatory relocation, the agency shall identify states 
having a significant number of students transferring to Texas 
public schools and, within available resources, enter into [may 
pursue] reciprocity agreements with other states governing the 
terms of those transfers.
	SECTION 2.  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.