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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a parental option to request the return to or retention |
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at a certain grade level for a public school student whose education |
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was disrupted by the coronavirus disease pandemic. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 28, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 28.02124 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 28.02124. OPTIONAL GRADE LEVEL RETENTION OR RETURN. |
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, due to |
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the disruption in public education caused by the coronavirus |
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disease (COVID-19) pandemic, a student's parent or legal guardian |
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may submit to the school district or open-enrollment charter school |
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in which the student is enrolled a written request that for the |
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2021-2022 school year the student be returned to or retained at the |
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grade level in which the student was enrolled during the 2020-2021 |
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school year. |
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(b) A school district or open-enrollment charter school: |
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(1) shall grant a request under Subsection (a) |
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received on or before June 30, 2021; and |
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(2) may grant a request under Subsection (a) received |
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after June 30, 2021, and before the first day of instruction. |
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(c) As soon as practicable after the end of the 2020-2021 |
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school year, each school district and open-enrollment charter |
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school shall provide written notice regarding the option under this |
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section to the parent or legal guardian of each student enrolled in |
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the district or school. |
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(d) Not later than June 30, 2022, each school district and |
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open-enrollment charter school shall report to the agency the |
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number of students who for the 2021-2022 school year were returned |
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to or retained at the grade level in which the student was enrolled |
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during the 2020-2021 school year under this section. |
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(e) This section expires September 1, 2022. |
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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, 2021. |