82R50 KKA-D
By: Sheffield H.B. No. 2704
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a parent's right to object to physical fitness
assessment of the parent's child by a school district.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 38.101, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) or (c), a school
district annually shall assess the physical fitness of students
enrolled in grades 3 through 12.
(c) A school district may not assess a student if the
student's parent notifies the district in writing that the parent
objects to the assessment. A school district shall inform parents
of the right to object under this subsection and provide parents
with a reasonable opportunity to notify the district of an
objection. In this subsection, "parent" includes a person standing
in parental relation.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2011-2012
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, 2011.