Bill Text: TX HB1959 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the transfer of certain public school students who are children of peace officers.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-3)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-02 - Effective immediately [HB1959 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1959-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 1959 | ||
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| relating to the transfer of certain public school students who are | ||
| children of peace officers. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 25, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 25.0344 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 25.0344. TRANSFER OF STUDENTS WHO ARE CHILDREN OF | ||
| PEACE OFFICERS. (a) In this section, "peace officer" has the | ||
| meaning assigned by Section 1701.001, Occupations Code. | ||
| (b) On request of a peace officer who is a parent of or | ||
| person standing in parental relation to a student, the board of | ||
| trustees of a school district or the board's designee shall | ||
| transfer the student to another district campus or to another | ||
| school district under an agreement under Section 25.035. | ||
| (c) A transfer under this section must be to the campus or | ||
| school district, as applicable, selected by the peace officer | ||
| making the request. | ||
| (d) A school district is not required to provide | ||
| transportation to a student who transfers to another campus or | ||
| school district under this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 | ||
| 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, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 1959 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 20, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 1959 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 16, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
