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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to providing a parent of a public school student with |
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certain required notices in the parent's native language. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 39.052, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (e-1) to read as follows: |
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(e-1) The notification to parents of students enrolled in |
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the district required under Subsection (e) must be written in a |
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parent's native language if that language is a second language for |
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at least 10 percent of the students attending the school campus in |
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which the parent's child is enrolled. |
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SECTION 2. Section 39.303, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) The written notice to a student's parent or other person |
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standing in parental relationship required under Subsection (a) |
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must be written in the native language of the parent or person |
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standing in parental relationship if that language is a second |
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language for at least 10 percent of students attending the school |
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campus in which the student is enrolled. |
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SECTION 3. Section 39.305, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: |
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(e) The information required to be given to the parent or |
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other person standing in parental relationship of each student |
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under Subsection (c) must be written in the native language of the |
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parent or person standing in parental relationship if that language |
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is a second language for at least 10 percent of students attending |
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the school campus in which the student is enrolled. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |