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79R1798 SLO-D

By:  Chisum                                                       H.B. No. 990



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the applicability of restrictions on student transfers 
to certain school districts.
	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.  APPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL COURT DESEGREGATION 
ORDER.  To the extent permissible under federal law, the agency 
shall interpret and apply the requirements of Section A (student 
transfers) of the Modified Court Order entered July 13, 1971, and 
amended August 9, 1973, in United States of America v. State of 
Texas, Civil Action No. 5281, United States District Court for the 
Eastern District of Texas, in a manner that does not apply the 
requirements to school districts with fewer than 4,000 students in 
average daily attendance.
	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, 2005.