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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring a public school to certify compliance with |
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the requirements to discharge or refuse to employ certain |
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ineligible persons and to report certain educator misconduct. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 22.092, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: |
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(b-1) Each school year, the superintendent of a school |
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district or chief operating officer of an open-enrollment charter |
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school shall certify to the commissioner that the district or |
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school has complied with Subsection (b). |
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SECTION 2. Section 22.093, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (k-1) to read as follows: |
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(k-1) Each school year, the superintendent of a school |
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district or chief operating officer of an open-enrollment charter |
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school shall certify to the commissioner that the district or |
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school has complied with the requirement to report misconduct under |
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this section. |
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SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 4. 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. |