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| 1 | 1 | 82R50 KKA-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Sheffield H.B. No. 2704 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to a parent's right to object to physical fitness | |
| 8 | 8 | assessment of the parent's child by a school district. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 38.101, Education Code, is amended by | |
| 11 | 11 | amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as | |
| 12 | 12 | follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) or (c), a school | |
| 14 | 14 | district annually shall assess the physical fitness of students | |
| 15 | 15 | enrolled in grades 3 through 12. | |
| 16 | 16 | (c) A school district may not assess a student if the | |
| 17 | 17 | student's parent notifies the district in writing that the parent | |
| 18 | 18 | objects to the assessment. A school district shall inform parents | |
| 19 | 19 | of the right to object under this subsection and provide parents | |
| 20 | 20 | with a reasonable opportunity to notify the district of an | |
| 21 | 21 | objection. In this subsection, "parent" includes a person standing | |
| 22 | 22 | in parental relation. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2011-2012 | |
| 24 | 24 | school year. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 26 | 26 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 27 | 27 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 28 | 28 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 29 | 29 | Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |