Bill Text: TX SB832 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to training for school district and open-enrollment charter school liaisons who assist students in the conservatorship of the state with school enrollments and transfers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [SB832 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-SB832-Engrossed.html

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By: Davis S.B. No. 832

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to training for school district and open-enrollment
charter school liaisons who assist students in the conservatorship
of the state with school enrollments and transfers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 33.904, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 33.904. LIAISON FOR CERTAIN CHILDREN IN
CONSERVATORSHIP OF STATE. (a) Each school district and
open-enrollment charter school shall:
(1) appoint at least one employee to act as a liaison
officer to facilitate the enrollment in or transfer to a public
school or open-enrollment charter school of a child in the district
or area served by the charter school who is in the conservatorship
of the state; and
(2) submit the liaison's name and contact information
to the agency in a format and under the schedule determined by the
commissioner.
(b) The agency shall provide information to the liaisons on
practices for facilitating the enrollment in or transfer to a
public school or open-enrollment charter school of children who are
in the conservatorship of the state.
SECTION 2. 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, 2013.