By:  Van de Putte                                                 S.B. No. 117
	(In the Senate - Filed December 2, 2004; February 1, 2005, 
read first time and referred to Committee on Education; 
March 14, 2005, reported adversely, with favorable Committee 
Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0; March 14, 2005, 
sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 117                                    By:  Van de Putte


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.                           



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