By: Van de Putte S.B. No. 117
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the timely transfer of student information to a school
district in which the student enrolls.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 25.002, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
follows:
(a) If [Not later than the 30th day after the date] a parent
or other person with legal control of a child under a court order
enrolls the child in a public school, the parent or other person or
the school district in which the child most recently attended
school shall furnish to the school district:
(1) the child's birth certificate or another document
suitable as proof of the child's identity;
(2) a copy of the child's records from the school the
child most recently attended if the child has been previously
enrolled in a school in this state or another state; and
(3) a record showing that the child has the
immunizations as required under Section 38.001, in the case of a
child required under that section to be immunized, proof as
required by that section showing that the child is not required to
be immunized, or proof that the child is entitled to provisional
admission under that section and under rules adopted under that
section.
(a-1) Information a school district furnishes under
Subsections (a)(1) and (2) must be furnished by the district not
later than the 10th working day after the date a request for the
information is received by the district. Information a parent or
other person with legal control of a child under a court order
furnishes under Subsections (a)(1) and (2) must be furnished by the
parent or other person not later than the 30th day after the date a
child is enrolled in a public school. If a parent or other person
with legal control of a child under a court order requests that a
district transfer a child's student records, the district to which
the request is made shall notify the parent or other person as soon
as practicable that the parent or other person may request and
receive an unofficial copy of the records for delivery in person to
a school in another district.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.