83R10633 CAE-D

By: Bohac H.B. No. 2242

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to public school student identification numbers and related reporting requirements for school districts.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 25.002, Education Code, is amended by amending Subsections (a) and (a-1) and adding Subsections (a-2) and (a-3) to read as follows:

(a) If 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; and

(4) the child's social security number.

(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), and (4) 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.

(a-2) If a parent or other person with legal control of a child under a court order does not furnish the child's social security number to the district as required by Subsection (a)(4), the district shall request the agency to assign a student identification number for the child. The agency shall provide a requesting school district a student identification number not later than the fifth day after the date the district submits the request.

(a-3) Not later than the 45th day after the first day of each school year, a school district shall submit to the secretary of state a report stating the number of students enrolled in the district with a social security number and the number of students enrolled in the district with a student identification number assigned by the agency.

SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014 school year.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2013.