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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the recording of a public school student's admission, |
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review, and dismissal committee meeting. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 29, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 29.024 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 29.024. ACCESS TO ADMISSION, REVIEW, AND DISMISSAL |
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COMMITTEE MEETING RECORDINGS. (a) A school district may not |
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prohibit: |
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(1) the audio recording of an admission, review, and |
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dismissal committee meeting; or |
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(2) the video recording of an admission, review, and |
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dismissal committee meeting, if the meeting is conducted through |
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videoconference. |
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(b) For each student assigned an admission, review, and |
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dismissal committee, a school district shall inform the student's |
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parent or guardian in writing and, to the extent practicable, in the |
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parent's or guardian's native language regarding the parent's or |
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guardian's right to: |
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(1) record the proceedings of the student's admission, |
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review, and dismissal committee meeting; and |
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(2) request that the student's admission, review, and |
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dismissal committee record the meeting and include the recordings |
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in the student's educational record. |
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(c) A school district may not record a student's admission, |
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review, and dismissal committee meeting if the student's parent or |
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guardian objects to the recording. |
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(d) The commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to |
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implement this section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2022-2023 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |