Bill Text: TX HB107 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 4th Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to access to public school library materials by non-enrolled students.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-11-14 - Filed [HB107 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB107-Introduced.html
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By: Cunningham | H.B. No. 107 |
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relating to access to public school library materials by | ||
non-enrolled students. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 33, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 33.023 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 33.023. ACCESS TO SCHOOL LIBRARY MATERIALS BY | ||
NON-ENROLLED STUDENT. (a) In this section, "non-enrolled student" | ||
means a student who receives instruction as described by Section | ||
29.916(a)(1) from a nonpublic school. | ||
(b) The board of trustees of a school district and the | ||
governing body of an open-enrollment charter school shall adopt a | ||
policy allowing a non-enrolled student who resides in the district | ||
or in the geographic area served by the school to access the | ||
district's or school's library materials in the same manner that the | ||
district or school provides access to students enrolled in the | ||
district or school. | ||
(c) A policy adopted under Subsection (b) must require a | ||
non-enrolled student who seeks access to a school district's or | ||
open-enrollment charter school's library materials to establish | ||
minimum proof of residency. | ||
SECTION 2. 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 on the 91st day after the last day of the | ||
legislative session. |