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

Texas Senate Joint Resolution 29

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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]

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	By: Paxton, Middleton	S.J.R. No. 29
	(In the Senate - Filed January 12, 2023; February 17, 2023,
	read first time and referred to Committee on Education;
	April 11, 2023, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
	Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 2; April 11, 2023,
	sent to printer.)
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	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.J.R. No. 29	By: Bettencourt


	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, such as
	a private school, including a 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; and
	(5) access public school student records for the
	parent's child, including the child's student health records.
	(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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