Bill Text: TX SJR29 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing a parent's right to direct a child's education.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-04-28 - Referred to Public Education [SJR29 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SJR29-Introduced.html
 
 
  By: Paxton S.J.R. No. 29
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
  proposing a constitutional amendment establishing a parent's right
  to direct a child's education.
         BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Article I, Texas Constitution, is amended by
  adding Section 36 to read as follows:
         Sec. 36.  (a)  In this section, "parent" means a natural
  parent, stepparent, adoptive parent, legal guardian, or other legal
  custodian of a child.
         (b)  A parent has the right to direct the education of the
  parent's child, including the right to:
               (1)  make reasonable choices within the public school
  system;
               (2)  choose an alternative to public education,
  including a private school, parochial school, or home school;
               (3)  access and view public school teaching materials,
  textbooks and other instructional materials, and library books;
               (4)  attend meetings of the governing body of a public
  school;
               (5)  access public school student records for the
  parent's child, including the child's student health records; and
               (6)  access and view academic assessment instruments,
  including state-mandated academic assessment instruments, provided
  the access and viewing of the assessment may be controlled to
  protect the security of the assessment prior to the administration
  of the assessment.
         (c)  The rights described by Subsection (b) of this section
  may not be denied or restricted because the parent or the child is
  an individual with a disability.
         (d)  The legislature by general law may provide for processes
  to ensure that the rights described by Subsection (b) of this
  section are upheld.
         SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
  submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2023.
  The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
  proposition: "The constitutional amendment establishing a
  parent's right to direct a child's education."
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