Bill Text: TX HB5167 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to protections for certain military dependents enrolled in a public school.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-17 - Left pending in committee [HB5167 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB5167-Engrossed.html
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| By: Wilson, Garcia | H.B. No. 5167 | |
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| relating to protections for certain military dependents enrolled in | ||
| a public school. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 25, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 25.906 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 25.906. PROTECTIONS FOR CERTAIN MILITARY DEPENDENTS. | ||
| (a) In this section: | ||
| (1) "Compact" means the Interstate Compact on | ||
| Educational Opportunity for Military Children executed under | ||
| Section 162.002. | ||
| (2) "Uniformed services" means: | ||
| (A) the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, | ||
| Space Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard; | ||
| (B) the Commissioned Corps of the National | ||
| Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; or | ||
| (C) the Commissioned Corps of the United States | ||
| Public Health Service. | ||
| (b) The provisions of Articles IV, V, VI, and VII of the | ||
| compact apply to the following children as if those children were | ||
| children described by Article III of the compact: | ||
| (1) a child of a veteran of the uniformed services who | ||
| was discharged or released through retirement, for a period of four | ||
| years after the date of the veteran's retirement, if the veteran | ||
| returns to the veteran's home of record on military orders; and | ||
| (2) a child of a member of the uniformed services who | ||
| dies on active duty or as a result of injuries sustained on active | ||
| duty, for a period of four years after the member's death. | ||
| (c) Each school district and open-enrollment charter school | ||
| that maintains an Internet website shall post on the district's or | ||
| school's Internet website an easily accessible link to information | ||
| regarding the compact and the additional protections provided by | ||
| this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 | ||
| school year. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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. | ||
