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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring the parent of a student enrolled in a school |
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district to provide and update a parent's contact information. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 26, Education Code, is amended by adding |
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Section 26.0125 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 26.0125. PARENT CONTACT INFORMATION REQUIRED. The |
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parent of a student enrolled in a school district shall provide in |
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writing to the district: |
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(1) on enrollment of the student in the district and |
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not later than two weeks after the beginning of each school year, |
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the parent's address, phone number, and e-mail address; and |
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(2) if the parent's contact information changes during |
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the school year, not later than two weeks after the date the |
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information changes, the parent's updated information. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. 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. |