By: Rodríguez  S.B. No. 821
         (In the Senate - Filed February 26, 2015; March 3, 2015,
  read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
  April 28, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 8,
  Nays 0; April 28, 2015, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to references to school in the Family Code.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 34.002(a), Family Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  A parent or both parents of a child may enter into an
  authorization agreement with a relative of the child listed in
  Section 34.001 to authorize the relative to perform the following
  acts in regard to the child:
               (1)  to authorize medical, dental, psychological, or
  surgical treatment and immunization of the child, including
  executing any consents or authorizations for the release of
  information as required by law relating to the treatment or
  immunization;
               (2)  to obtain and maintain health insurance coverage
  for the child and automobile insurance coverage for the child, if
  appropriate;
               (3)  to enroll the child in a day-care program or
  preschool or in a public or private elementary [primary] or
  secondary school;
               (4)  to authorize the child to participate in
  age-appropriate extracurricular, civic, social, or recreational
  activities, including athletic activities;
               (5)  to authorize the child to obtain a learner's
  permit, driver's license, or state-issued identification card;
               (6)  to authorize employment of the child; and
               (7)  to apply for and receive public benefits on behalf
  of the child.
         SECTION 2.  Section 101.028, Family Code, is amended to read
  as follows:
         Sec. 101.028.  SCHOOL.  "School" means an elementary [a
  primary] or secondary school in which a child is enrolled or, if the
  child is not enrolled in an elementary [a primary] or secondary
  school, the public school district in which the child primarily
  resides.  For purposes of this section, a reference to elementary
  school includes prekindergarten.
         SECTION 3.  Section 153.3101, Family Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 153.3101.  REFERENCE TO "SCHOOL" IN STANDARD POSSESSION
  ORDER. In a standard possession order, "school" means the
  elementary [primary] or secondary school in which the child is
  enrolled or, if the child is not enrolled in an elementary [a
  primary] or secondary school, the public school district in which
  the child primarily resides.
         SECTION 4.  Section 261.105(d), Family Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (d)  If the department initiates an investigation and
  determines that the abuse or neglect does not involve a person
  responsible for the child's care, custody, or welfare, the
  department shall refer the report to a law enforcement agency for
  further investigation.  If the department determines that the abuse
  or neglect involves an employee of a public elementary [primary] or
  secondary school, and that the child is a student at the school, the
  department shall orally notify the superintendent of the school
  district in which the employee is employed about the investigation.
         SECTION 5.  The changes in law made by this Act are
  nonsubstantive and intended to conform references to "school" in
  the Family Code to usage in other law.
         SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
 
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