79R1524 SLO-D
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
Subsection (a) must be furnished by the district not later than the
15th day after the date a child is enrolled in a public school.
Information a parent or other person with legal control of a child
under a court order furnishes under Subsection (a) 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.