Bill Text: TX SB66 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the transfer of a student from the school district of the student's residence to another district.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-22 - Committee report sent to Calendars [SB66 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB66-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the transfer of a student from the school district of the student's residence to another district.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-22 - Committee report sent to Calendars [SB66 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB66-Introduced.html
82R1659 CAS-F | ||
By: Zaffirini | S.B. No. 66 |
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relating to the transfer of a student from the school district of | ||
the student's residence to another district. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 25.036, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(a) Any child, other than a high school graduate, who is | ||
younger than 21 years of age and eligible for enrollment on | ||
September 1 of any school year may transfer [ |
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child's school district of residence to another district in this | ||
state if both the receiving district and the applicant parent or | ||
guardian or person having lawful control of the child jointly | ||
approve and timely agree in writing to the transfer. | ||
(c) The transfer agreement may authorize the receiving | ||
school district to revoke, at any time during the school year, the | ||
approval of the child to transfer if the child fails to comply with | ||
a condition specified in the agreement, such as the child's failure | ||
to comply with the district's student code of conduct or to maintain | ||
a specified school attendance rate. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2011-2012 | ||
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, 2011. |