Bill Text: TX HB1658 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to parental access to records regarding library materials checked out from public school libraries and instructional materials used in public schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-07 - Referred to Public Education [HB1658 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1658-Introduced.html
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| By: Capriglione | H.B. No. 1658 | |
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| relating to parental access to records regarding library materials | ||
| checked out from public school libraries and instructional | ||
| materials used in public schools. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 26.004(b), Education Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (b) A parent is entitled to access to all written records of | ||
| a school district concerning the parent's child, including: | ||
| (1) attendance records; | ||
| (2) test scores; | ||
| (3) grades; | ||
| (4) disciplinary records; | ||
| (5) counseling records; | ||
| (6) psychological records; | ||
| (7) applications for admission; | ||
| (8) health and immunization information; | ||
| (9) teacher and school counselor evaluations; | ||
| (10) reports of behavioral patterns; [ |
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| (11) records relating to assistance provided for | ||
| learning difficulties, including information collected regarding | ||
| any intervention strategies used with the child; and | ||
| (12) records relating to library materials checked out | ||
| by the child from a school library. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 26.006, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: | ||
| (f) Each school district and open-enrollment charter school | ||
| shall post on the home page of the district's or school's Internet | ||
| website a notice stating that a parent of a student enrolled in the | ||
| district or school is entitled to review the materials described by | ||
| Subsection (a)(1) and may request that the district or school make | ||
| the materials available for review as provided by this section. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 | ||
| school year. | ||
| SECTION 4. 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. | ||
