H.B. No. 826
AN ACT
relating to facilitating the enrollment in or transfer to a public
school district of a student in the conservatorship of the state.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 33, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 33.904 to read as follows:
Sec. 33.904. LIAISON FOR CERTAIN CHILDREN IN
CONSERVATORSHIP OF STATE. Each school district shall appoint at
least one employee to act as a liaison officer to facilitate the
enrollment in or transfer to a public school of a child in the
district who is in the conservatorship of the state.
SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2011, each school
district shall appoint the liaison officer required under Section
33.904, Education Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 826 was passed by the House on May 5,
2011, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 3, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 826 was passed by the Senate on May
23, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor