By: Flores, Menéndez  S.B. No. 1008
         (In the Senate - Filed February 17, 2023; March 3, 2023,
  read first time and referred to Committee on Education;
  March 30, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 12,
  Nays 0; March 30, 2023, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to establishing residency for purposes of admission into
  public schools.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 25.001(c-2), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (c-2)  A person who establishes residency as provided by
  Subsection (c-1) shall provide to the school district proof of
  residence in the district's attendance zone not later than the 90th
  [10th] day after the arrival date specified in the order described
  by that subsection.  For purposes of this subsection, "residence"
  includes residence in a military temporary lodging facility.
         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.
 
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