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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a requirement that public schools issue student |
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identification cards to high school students. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 25, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 25.903 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 25.903. STUDENT IDENTIFICATION CARDS. A school |
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district or open-enrollment charter school shall issue to each high |
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school student enrolled in the district or school a student |
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identification card that includes the student's: |
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(1) name; |
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(2) photograph; and |
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(3) month and year of birth. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 |
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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, 2023. |