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.