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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to criteria for admission of certain students into public |
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schools. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 25.001(b), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) The board of trustees of a school district or its |
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designee shall admit into the public schools of the district free of |
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tuition a person who is over five and younger than 21 years of age on |
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the first day of September of the school year in which admission is |
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sought, and may admit a person who is at least 21 years of age and |
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under 26 years of age for the purpose of completing the requirements |
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for a high school diploma, if: |
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(1) the person and either parent of the person reside |
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in the school district; |
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(2) the person does not reside in the school district |
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but a parent of the person resides in the school district and that |
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parent is a joint managing conservator or the sole managing |
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conservator or possessory conservator of the person; |
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(3) the person and the person's guardian or other |
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person having lawful control of the person under a court order |
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reside within the school district; |
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(4) the person has established a separate residence |
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under Subsection (d); |
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(5) the person is homeless, as defined by 42 U.S.C. |
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Section 11302, regardless of the residence of the person, of either |
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parent of the person, or of the person's guardian or other person |
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having lawful control of the person; |
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(6) the person is a foreign exchange student placed |
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with a host family that resides in the school district by a |
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nationally recognized foreign exchange program, unless the school |
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district has applied for and been granted a waiver by the |
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commissioner under Subsection (e); |
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(7) the person resides at a residential facility |
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located in the district; |
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(8) the person resides in the school district and is 18 |
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years of age or older or the person's disabilities of minority have |
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been removed; [or] |
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(9) the person does not reside in the school district |
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but the grandparent of the person: |
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(A) resides in the school district; and |
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(B) provides a substantial amount of |
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after-school care for the person as determined by the board; or |
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(10) the person and either parent of the person reside |
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in a residence homestead, as defined by Section 11.13(j), Tax Code, |
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that is located on a parcel of property any part of which is located |
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in the school district. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2019. |
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