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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to prohibiting face covering mandates for public school |
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students. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 38.0021 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 38.0021. FACE COVERING MANDATE PROHIBITED. |
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Notwithstanding any other law, a student in any grade level from |
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kindergarten through grade 12 may not be required to wear a face |
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mask or face covering as a condition of the student's admission to, |
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continued enrollment in, or attendance at any public school in this |
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state. |
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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 on the 91st day after the last day of the |
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legislative session. |