By: Buckley H.B. No. 4603
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to parental rights in public education.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 26, Education Code, is amended by adding
  Sections 26.0025, 26.0026, and 26.0062 to read as follows:
         Sec. 26.0025.  PARENTAL RIGHTS INFORMATION. (a) The agency
  shall create and maintain a document that informs a parent of the
  parent's rights regarding the education of the parent's child
  provided under this chapter.
         (b)  The document must:
               (1)  include information regarding accessing the
  contents of this chapter;
               (2)  be made publicly available in a prominent place on
  the Internet website of the agency and each school district; and
               (3)  be provided to parents at the beginning of each
  school year in an electronic or hard copy format.
         Sec. 26.0026.  RIGHT TO SELECT EDUCATIONAL SETTING. A
  parent is entitled to choose the educational setting for the
  parent's child, including public school, private school, or home
  school.
         Sec. 26.0062.  REQUIRED DISCLOSURE REGARDING INSTRUCTIONAL
  PLAN. (a) Each school district shall adopt a policy to make
  available on the district's Internet website at the beginning of
  each semester an instructional plan or course syllabus for each
  class offered in the district for that semester.
         (b)  The policy adopted under Subsection (a) must:
               (1)  require each teacher to provide before the
  beginning of each semester a copy of the teacher's instructional
  plan or course syllabus for each class for which the teacher
  provides instruction to:
                     (A)  district administration; and
                     (B)  the parent of each student enrolled in the
  class;
               (2)  provide for additional copies of an instructional
  plan or course syllabus to be made available to a parent of a
  student enrolled in the class on the parent's request.
         SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024
  school year.
         SECTION 3.  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, 2023.