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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to prohibiting the board of trustees of an independent |
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school district from disparate treatment based on an organization's |
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religious nature in allowing access to school campuses after school |
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hours. |
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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 Section 11.1651 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 11.1651. PROHIBITION OF DISPARATE TREATMENT BASED ON |
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RELIGIOUS NATURE OF ORGANIZATION IN ALLOWING ACCESS TO SCHOOL |
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CAMPUSES AFTER SCHOOL HOURS. If the board of trustees of an |
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independent school district allows noncurricular community |
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organizations not organized or operated primarily by students |
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access to district school campuses after school hours, the district |
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must provide religious organizations the same access to school |
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campuses after school hours as is given to other noncurricular |
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organizations without discrimination based on any religious nature |
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of an organization or on an organization's activities on campus, |
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including religious expression. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2013. |