Amend CSSB 1775 (senate committee printing) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 3 of the bill, amending Section 25.031, Education Code (page 2, line 25), between "commissioner" and the comma, insert "in accordance with this subchapter".
(2) In SECTION 3 of the bill, adding Section 25.031(c), Education Code (page 2, line 39), following the period, insert "The board may adopt a policy that establishes admissions criteria for a campus or program that limits admission to students of a single gender.".
(3) In SECTION 3 of the bill, adding Section 25.031(d), Education Code (page 2, line 40), strike "Subsection (b) or (c)" and substitute "this section".
(4) In SECTION 3 of the bill, adding Section 25.031(f), Education Code (page 2, line 46), strike "A" and substitute "Except as otherwise provided by this section, a".
(5) In SECTION 3 of the bill, amending Section 25.031, Education Code (page 2, between lines 49 and 50), insert the following:
(g) The board of trustees of a school district may adopt a policy that provides for the exclusion or removal of a student requesting or receiving a transfer under this section who has a documented history of a criminal offense, juvenile court adjudication, failure to attend school, or misconduct or discipline problem under Subchapter A, Chapter 37, including a violation of a student code of conduct.
(h) Commissioner rules may not require a school district to accept a transfer to a school facility if projected student enrollment growth within an attendance zone of the facility will cause the facility to exceed available capacity within three years.
(6) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 25.035, Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 25.035. TRANSFERS BETWEEN DISTRICTS OR COUNTIES. The boards of trustees of two or more adjoining school districts or the boards of county school trustees of two or more adjoining counties may, by agreement [and in accordance with Sections 25.032, 25.033, and 25.034], arrange for the transfer and assignment of any student from the jurisdiction of one board to that of another. In the case of the transfer and assignment of a student under this section, the participating governing boards shall also agree to the transfer of school funds or other payments proportionate to the transfer of attendance.
SECTION ____. Section 25.036, Education Code, is amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), and (h) to read as follows:
(a) Subject to Subsections (d), (f), (g), and (h), any [Any] child, other than a high school graduate, who is younger than 21 years of age and eligible for enrollment on September 1 of any school year may transfer [annually] from the child's school district of residence to another district in this state if [both the receiving district and] the applicant parent or guardian or person having lawful control of the child requests the transfer [jointly approve and timely agree] in writing [to the transfer].
(c) A transfer made under this section is effective until the student decides to attend a school in a different district or graduates from high school.
(d) The board of trustees of a school district shall adopt a policy that establishes the standards by which the district will determine whether positions are available at a school campus.
(e) A school district that has more applicants for attendance under Subsection (a) than available positions must fill the available positions by lottery.
(f) The board of trustees of a school district may adopt a policy that provides for:
(1) the exclusion of a student requesting a transfer under this section who has a documented history of a criminal offense, juvenile court adjudication, or discipline problem under Subchapter A, Chapter 37; and
(2) the removal of a transfer student at the end of the school year based on the student's attendance, discipline issues, or class performance.
(g) A school campus located in a fast-growth school district is not required to allow transfer of students as provided by this section if the student enrollment at the campus is 85 percent or more of the campus student capacity. A fast-growth school district is a district in which:
(1) student enrollment in the previous school year was not less than 2,500 students and enrollment growth over the previous five years was not less than 10 percent; or
(2) a net increase of 3,500 or more students occurred during the previous five years.
(h) A school district is not required to allow transfer of students to a school campus, as provided by this section, during the first three school years after the campus was originally opened.
SECTION ____. Section 26.003, Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 26.003. RIGHTS CONCERNING ACADEMIC PROGRAMS. (a) A parent is entitled to:
(1) [petition the board of trustees designating the school in the district that the parent's child will attend, as provided by Section 25.033;
[(2)] reasonable access to the school principal, or to a designated administrator with the authority to reassign a student, to request a change in the class or teacher to which the parent's child has been assigned, if the reassignment or change would not affect the assignment or reassignment of another student;
(2) [(3)] request, with the expectation that the request will not be unreasonably denied:
(A) the addition of a specific academic class in the course of study of the parent's child in keeping with the required curriculum if sufficient interest is shown in the addition of the class to make it economically practical to offer the class;
(B) that the parent's child be permitted to attend a class for credit above the child's grade level, whether in the child's school or another school, unless the board or its designated representative expects that the child cannot perform satisfactorily in the class; or
(C) that the parent's child be permitted to graduate from high school earlier than the child would normally graduate, if the child completes each course required for graduation; and
(3) [(4)] have a child who graduates early as provided by Subdivision (2)(C) [(3)(C)] participate in graduation ceremonies at the time the child graduates.
(b) The decision of the board of trustees concerning a request described by Subsection (a)(1) or (2) [(a)(2) or (3)] is final and may not be appealed.
SECTION ____. The following sections of the Education Code are repealed:
(1) Section 25.032;
(2) Section 25.033; and
(3) Section 25.034.
(7) Strike SECTION 7 of the bill (page 3, lines 28-29) and substitute the following:
SECTION ____. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this section, this Act applies beginning with the 2014-2015 school year.
(b) Sections 8.051(e) and 25.0012, Education Code, as added by this Act, apply beginning with the 2013-2014 school year.