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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the transfer of certain public school students who are |
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children of peace officers. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 12A.004(a), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) A local innovation plan may not provide for the |
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exemption of a district designated as a district of innovation from |
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the following provisions of this title: |
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(1) a state or federal requirement applicable to an |
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open-enrollment charter school operating under Subchapter D, |
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Chapter 12; |
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(2) Subchapters A, C, D, and E, Chapter 11, except that |
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a district may be exempt from Sections 11.1511(b)(5) and (14) and |
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Section 11.162; |
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(3) transfers of students who are the children of |
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peace officers under Section 25.0344; |
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(4) [(3)] state curriculum and graduation |
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requirements adopted under Chapter 28; and |
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(5) [(4)] academic and financial accountability and |
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sanctions under Chapters 39 and 39A. |
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SECTION 2. Section 25.0344, Education Code, as added by |
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Chapter 322 (H.B. 1959), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2023, is amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding |
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Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows: |
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(b) On request of a peace officer who is a parent of or |
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person standing in parental relation to a student, the board of |
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trustees of a school district or the board's designee shall |
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transfer the student to: |
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(1) another district campus; or |
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(2) any other [to another] school district in this |
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state, regardless of whether the sending district and the receiving |
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district have entered into [under] an agreement under Section |
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25.035. |
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(e) Notwithstanding any other law, both the sending |
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district and the receiving district must approve a transfer under |
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this section without exception. |
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(f) A school district may not charge a tuition fee under |
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Section 25.038 to a student who transfers to the district under this |
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section. |
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SECTION 3. Section 12A.004(a), Education Code, as amended |
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by this Act, applies only to a local innovation plan adopted or |
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renewed on or after the effective date of this Act. A local |
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innovation plan adopted or renewed before the effective date of |
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this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the plan was |
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adopted or renewed, and the former law is continued in effect for |
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that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 5. 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. |