Bill Text: TX HB4580 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to prohibiting the denial of public benefits for certain students enrolled in a private school operated by a religious organization or providing religious instruction.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 13-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-22 - Referred to State Affairs [HB4580 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4580-Introduced.html
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| By: Leach | H.B. No. 4580 | |
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| relating to prohibiting the denial of public benefits for certain | ||
| students enrolled in a private school operated by a religious | ||
| organization or providing religious instruction. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 1, Education Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Section 1.0021 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 1.0021. DENIAL OF PUBLIC BENEFIT PROHIBITED. (a) In | ||
| this section, "private school" has the meaning assigned by Section | ||
| 5.001. | ||
| (b) Notwithstanding any provision of state or federal law to | ||
| the contrary and in accordance with Carson v. Makin, 142 S. Ct. 1987 | ||
| (2022), a public benefit provided under Title 2 of this code that is | ||
| made available to a student enrolled in a private school may not be | ||
| denied by the state, a political subdivision of the state, a state | ||
| agency, or any educational institution solely because that private | ||
| school is operated by a religious institution or otherwise provides | ||
| a religious curriculum or a religion-based course of instruction. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
