By: Farias (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 826
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2011;
May 9, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on
Education; May 19, 2011, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 19, 2011, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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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