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AN ACT
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relating to prohibiting the regulation of home school programs. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 1, Education Code, is amended by adding |
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Section 1.010 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 1.010. PROHIBITION ON REGULATION OF HOME SCHOOLS. The |
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Texas Education Agency, the State Board of Education, or any other |
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educational institution described by Section 1.001(a) may not adopt |
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a rule or policy that regulates an educational program of a home |
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school. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026 |
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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, 2025. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2674 was passed by the House on May |
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13, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 103, Nays 41, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2674 was passed by the Senate on May |
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26, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 20, Nays 11. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |