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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring certain public school students to attend a |
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designated film screening. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 28.0024 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 28.0024. FILM SCREENING REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN STUDENTS. |
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(a) Each school district shall require 8th grade and 11th grade |
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students to attend a screening of the film America: Imagine the |
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World Without Her. |
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(b) On written request from a student's parent or person |
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standing in parental relation to the student, the school district |
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shall excuse the student from attending the screening. |
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(c) The commissioner shall adopt rules and procedures as |
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necessary to administer this section, including procedures to |
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ensure that the film designated under this section is distributed |
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to school districts and exhibited to students in a manner that does |
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not violate copyright laws. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016 |
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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, 2015. |