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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to public school student identification numbers and |
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related reporting requirements for school districts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 25.002, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsections (a) and (a-1) and adding Subsections (a-2) and |
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(a-3) to read as follows: |
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(a) If a parent or other person with legal control of a child |
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under a court order enrolls the child in a public school, the parent |
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or other person or the school district in which the child most |
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recently attended school shall furnish to the school district: |
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(1) the child's birth certificate or another document |
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suitable as proof of the child's identity; |
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(2) a copy of the child's records from the school the |
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child most recently attended if the child has been previously |
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enrolled in a school in this state or another state; [and] |
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(3) a record showing that the child has the |
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immunizations as required under Section 38.001, in the case of a |
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child required under that section to be immunized, proof as |
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required by that section showing that the child is not required to |
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be immunized, or proof that the child is entitled to provisional |
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admission under that section and under rules adopted under that |
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section; and |
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(4) the child's social security number. |
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(a-1) Information a school district furnishes under |
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Subsections (a)(1) and (2) must be furnished by the district not |
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later than the 10th working day after the date a request for the |
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information is received by the district. Information a parent or |
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other person with legal control of a child under a court order |
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furnishes under Subsections (a)(1), [and] (2), and (4) must be |
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furnished by the parent or other person not later than the 30th day |
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after the date a child is enrolled in a public school. If a |
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parent or other person with legal control of a child under a court |
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order requests that a district transfer a child's student records, |
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the district to which the request is made shall notify the parent or |
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other person as soon as practicable that the parent or other person |
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may request and receive an unofficial copy of the records for |
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delivery in person to a school in another district. |
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(a-2) If a parent or other person with legal control of a |
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child under a court order does not furnish the child's social |
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security number to the district as required by Subsection (a)(4), |
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the district shall request the agency to assign a student |
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identification number for the child. The agency shall provide a |
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requesting school district a student identification number not |
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later than the fifth day after the date the district submits the |
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request. |
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(a-3) Not later than the 45th day after the first day of each |
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school year, a school district shall submit to the secretary of |
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state a report stating the number of students enrolled in the |
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district with a social security number and the number of students |
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enrolled in the district with a student identification number |
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assigned by the agency. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014 |
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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, 2013. |