87R11148 MM-D
 
  By: Seliger S.B. No. 1445
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a parental option to request the return to or retention
  at a certain grade level for a public school student whose education
  was disrupted by the coronavirus disease pandemic.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 28, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 28.02124 to read as follows:
         Sec. 28.02124.  OPTIONAL GRADE LEVEL RETENTION OR RETURN.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, due to
  the disruption in public education caused by the coronavirus
  disease (COVID-19) pandemic, a student's parent or legal guardian
  may request that for the 2021-2022 school year the student be
  returned to or retained at the grade level in which the student was
  enrolled during the 2020-2021 school year.
         (b)  A school district or open-enrollment charter school
  shall grant a request made in accordance with Subsection (a).
         (c)  Before the beginning of the 2021-2022 school year, each
  school district and open-enrollment charter school shall provide
  written notice regarding the option under this section to the
  parent or legal guardian of each student enrolled in the district or
  school.
         (d)  This section expires September 1, 2022.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2021.