Bill Text: TX HB4415 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to establishing residency for purposes of admission into public schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-26 - Referred to Public Education [HB4415 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4415-Introduced.html
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| By: Buckley | H.B. No. 4415 | |
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| relating to establishing residency for purposes of admission into | ||
| public schools. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 25.001, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsections (c-1) and (c-2) to read as follows: | ||
| (c-1) A person whose parent or guardian is an active-duty | ||
| member of the armed forces of the United States, including the state | ||
| military forces or a reserve component of the armed forces, may | ||
| establish residency for purposes of Subsection (b) by providing to | ||
| the school district a copy of a military order requiring the | ||
| parent's or guardian's transfer to a military installation in or | ||
| adjacent to the district's attendance zone. | ||
| (c-2) A person who establishes residency as provided by | ||
| Subsection (c-1) shall provide to the school district proof of | ||
| residence in the district's attendance zone not later than the 10th | ||
| day after the arrival date specified in the order described by that | ||
| subsection. For purposes of this subsection, "residence" includes | ||
| residence in a military temporary lodging facility. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 12.104(b), Education Code, as amended by | ||
| Chapters 324 (S.B. 1488), 522 (S.B. 179), and 735 (S.B. 1153), Acts | ||
| of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, is reenacted and | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (b) An open-enrollment charter school is subject to: | ||
| (1) a provision of this title establishing a criminal | ||
| offense; and | ||
| (2) a prohibition, restriction, or requirement, as | ||
| applicable, imposed by this title or a rule adopted under this | ||
| title, relating to: | ||
| (A) the Public Education Information Management | ||
| System (PEIMS) to the extent necessary to monitor compliance with | ||
| this subchapter as determined by the commissioner; | ||
| (B) criminal history records under Subchapter C, | ||
| Chapter 22; | ||
| (C) reading instruments and accelerated reading | ||
| instruction programs under Section 28.006; | ||
| (D) accelerated instruction under Section | ||
| 28.0211; | ||
| (E) high school graduation requirements under | ||
| Section 28.025; | ||
| (F) special education programs under Subchapter | ||
| A, Chapter 29; | ||
| (G) bilingual education under Subchapter B, | ||
| Chapter 29; | ||
| (H) prekindergarten programs under Subchapter E | ||
| or E-1, Chapter 29; | ||
| (I) extracurricular activities under Section | ||
| 33.081; | ||
| (J) discipline management practices or behavior | ||
| management techniques under Section 37.0021; | ||
| (K) health and safety under Chapter 38; | ||
| (L) public school accountability under | ||
| Subchapters B, C, D, F, G, and J, Chapter 39, and Chapter 39A; | ||
| (M) the requirement under Section 21.006 to | ||
| report an educator's misconduct; | ||
| (N) intensive programs of instruction under | ||
| Section 28.0213; | ||
| (O) the right of a school employee to report a | ||
| crime, as provided by Section 37.148; [ |
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| (P) bullying prevention policies and procedures | ||
| under Section 37.0832; | ||
| (Q) the right of a school under Section 37.0052 | ||
| to place a student who has engaged in certain bullying behavior in a | ||
| disciplinary alternative education program or to expel the student; | ||
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| (R) the right under Section 37.0151 to report to | ||
| local law enforcement certain conduct constituting assault or | ||
| harassment; | ||
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| regarding the provision of assistance for learning difficulties to | ||
| the parent's child as provided by Sections 26.004(b)(11) and | ||
| 26.0081(c) and (d); and | ||
| (T) establishment of residency under Section | ||
| 25.001. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 | ||
| school year. | ||
| SECTION 4. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails | ||
| over another Act of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, | ||
| relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted | ||
| codes. | ||
| SECTION 5. 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, 2019. | ||
