83R10633 CAE-D
By: Bohac H.B. No. 2242
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to public school student identification numbers and
related reporting requirements for school districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 25.002, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (a) and (a-1) and adding Subsections (a-2) and
(a-3) to read as follows:
(a) If a parent or other person with legal control of a child
under a court order enrolls the child in a public school, the parent
or other person or the school district in which the child most
recently attended school shall furnish to the school district:
(1) the child's birth certificate or another document
suitable as proof of the child's identity;
(2) a copy of the child's records from the school the
child most recently attended if the child has been previously
enrolled in a school in this state or another state; [and]
(3) a record showing that the child has the
immunizations as required under Section 38.001, in the case of a
child required under that section to be immunized, proof as
required by that section showing that the child is not required to
be immunized, or proof that the child is entitled to provisional
admission under that section and under rules adopted under that
section; and
(4) the child's social security number.
(a-1) Information a school district furnishes under
Subsections (a)(1) and (2) must be furnished by the district not
later than the 10th working day after the date a request for the
information is received by the district. Information a parent or
other person with legal control of a child under a court order
furnishes under Subsections (a)(1), [and] (2), and (4) must be
furnished by the parent or other person not later than the 30th day
after the date a child is enrolled in a public school. If a
parent or other person with legal control of a child under a court
order requests that a district transfer a child's student records,
the district to which the request is made shall notify the parent or
other person as soon as practicable that the parent or other person
may request and receive an unofficial copy of the records for
delivery in person to a school in another district.
(a-2) If a parent or other person with legal control of a
child under a court order does not furnish the child's social
security number to the district as required by Subsection (a)(4),
the district shall request the agency to assign a student
identification number for the child. The agency shall provide a
requesting school district a student identification number not
later than the fifth day after the date the district submits the
request.
(a-3) Not later than the 45th day after the first day of each
school year, a school district shall submit to the secretary of
state a report stating the number of students enrolled in the
district with a social security number and the number of students
enrolled in the district with a student identification number
assigned by the agency.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014
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, 2013.