By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 66
(In the Senate - Filed November 8, 2010; January 31, 2011,
read first time and referred to Committee on Education;
April 27, 2011, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; April 27, 2011,
sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 66 By: Seliger
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the transfer of a student from the school district of
the student's residence to another district.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 25.036, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read
as follows:
(a) Any child, other than a high school graduate, who is
younger than 21 years of age and eligible for enrollment on
September 1 of any school year may transfer [annually] from the
child's school district of residence to another district in this
state if both the receiving district and the applicant parent or
guardian or person having lawful control of the child jointly
approve and timely agree in writing to the transfer.
(c) The transfer agreement may authorize the receiving
school district to revoke, at any time during the school year, the
approval of the child to transfer if the child:
(1) fails to comply with a condition specified in the
agreement that is:
(A) a circumstance specified in the student code
of conduct under Section 37.001(a)(1);
(B) a condition specified in the student code of
conduct under Section 37.001(a)(2);
(C) conduct for which a student is required or
permitted to be removed from class and placed in a disciplinary
alternative education program under Section 37.006; or
(D) conduct for which a student is required or
permitted to be expelled from school under Section 37.007; or
(2) fails to maintain a specified school attendance
rate.
(d) If a transfer approval is revoked under Subsection (c),
the receiving school district shall refund an amount of any tuition
fee paid under Section 25.038 proportionate to any portion of the
school year remaining after the revocation and for which the fee was
paid.
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.
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