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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to notifying parents of changes to school district policy. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 11, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Sections 11.1514 and 11.1515 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 11.1514. ACCESS TO SCHOOL DISTRICT POLICIES. A school |
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district shall place a copy of each district policy adopted by the |
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board of trustees for the current school year, including a copy of |
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the student handbook, on file and available for public inspection |
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during regular business hours at: |
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(1) the central administration building of the |
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district; and |
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(2) each public library in the district. |
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Sec. 11.1515. NOTIFICATION BY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF CHANGES IN |
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POLICY. (a) A school district shall notify the parent of or other |
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person standing in parental relation to each student enrolled in |
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the district of a change to a district policy adopted by the board |
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of trustees. For purposes of this section, any alteration to the |
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wording of a district policy is a change to policy requiring |
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notification. |
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(b) A school district shall provide the notice required by |
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Subsection (a) by: |
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(1) publishing the information on the district's |
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Internet website, if the district maintains a website; and |
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(2) placing a copy of the notice on file and available |
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for public inspection during regular business hours at: |
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(A) the central administration building of the |
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district; and |
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(B) each public library in the district. |
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(c) The notice required by this section must: |
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(1) identify the district policy amended, including |
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the name and location of the policy; |
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(2) state the purpose of the change to district |
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policy; |
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(3) describe the change to district policy in plain, |
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nontechnical language; |
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(4) show the language of the old policy and the new |
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policy by underlining new language and bracketing and striking |
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through deleted language; and |
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(5) include the date the change to district policy was |
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adopted. |
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(d) The district shall provide the notice required by this |
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section not later than the 30th day after the date of the meeting at |
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which the change to district policy is adopted. The notice must |
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remain available as required by Subsection (b) until the start of |
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the next school year. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2011-2012 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |