Bill Text: TX HB1658 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to parental access to records regarding library materials checked out from public school libraries and instructional materials used in public schools.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-07 - Referred to Public Education [HB1658 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB1658-Introduced.html
  88R4201 CXP-D
 
  By: Capriglione H.B. No. 1658
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to parental access to records regarding library materials
  checked out from public school libraries and instructional
  materials used in public schools.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 26.004(b), Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (b)  A parent is entitled to access to all written records of
  a school district concerning the parent's child, including:
               (1)  attendance records;
               (2)  test scores;
               (3)  grades;
               (4)  disciplinary records;
               (5)  counseling records;
               (6)  psychological records;
               (7)  applications for admission;
               (8)  health and immunization information;
               (9)  teacher and school counselor evaluations;
               (10)  reports of behavioral patterns; [and]
               (11)  records relating to assistance provided for
  learning difficulties, including information collected regarding
  any intervention strategies used with the child; and
               (12)  records relating to library materials checked out
  by the child from a school library.
         SECTION 2.  Section 26.006, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
         (f)  Each school district and open-enrollment charter school
  shall post on the home page of the district's or school's Internet
  website a notice stating that a parent of a student enrolled in the
  district or school is entitled to review the materials described by
  Subsection (a)(1) and may request that the district or school make
  the materials available for review as provided by this section.
         SECTION 3.  This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024
  school year.
         SECTION 4.  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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