83R7009 JSL-D
By: Flynn H.B. No. 1433
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to prohibiting the board of trustees of an independent
school district from disparate treatment based on an organization's
religious nature in allowing access to school campuses after school
hours.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 11, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 11.1651 to read as follows:
Sec. 11.1651. PROHIBITION OF DISPARATE TREATMENT BASED ON
RELIGIOUS NATURE OF ORGANIZATION IN ALLOWING ACCESS TO SCHOOL
CAMPUSES AFTER SCHOOL HOURS. If the board of trustees of an
independent school district allows noncurricular community
organizations not organized or operated primarily by students
access to district school campuses after school hours, the district
must provide religious organizations the same access to school
campuses after school hours as is given to other noncurricular
organizations without discrimination based on any religious nature
of an organization or on an organization's activities on campus,
including religious expression.
SECTION 2. 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, 2013.