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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the right of a parent of a public school student to |
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request that the student receive instruction or an assessment |
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instrument in a printed format. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 26, Education Code, is amended by adding |
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Section 26.014 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 26.014. RIGHTS TO PRINTED MATERIAL. (a) A student's |
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parent or legal guardian is entitled to request that the school |
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district or open-enrollment charter school the student attends |
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provide instruction or administer an assessment instrument to the |
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student in a printed or other noncomputerized format. A request |
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under this section may not be unreasonably denied. |
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(b) A school district or open-enrollment charter school |
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must document each request made under Subsection (a), including, if |
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the request was denied, the reason for denial. Not later than the |
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30th day after the date the district or school receives the request, |
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the district or school must report the request to the agency. |
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(c) Not later than September 1 of each year, the agency |
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shall submit an annual report to the legislature that includes the |
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number of requests made under Subsection (a) that each school |
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district and open-enrollment charter school received and, if any |
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requests were denied, the reasons for denial. |
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SECTION 2. Section 26.014, Education Code, as added by this |
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Act, applies beginning with the 2019-2020 school year. |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2019. |