83R369 EAH-D
By: Lucio S.B. No. 1502
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to providing parents with notice of a school district's
promotion and retention policies.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 28, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 28.0217 to read as follows:
Sec. 28.0217. NOTIFICATION OF PROMOTION AND RETENTION
POLICIES. A school district shall include with the written notice
required under Section 28.022(a)(2) notice of the district's
promotion and retention policies. The notice must include:
(1) the requirements for student advancement under
Sections 28.021 and 28.0211; and
(2) an explanation of any change made to the district's
promotion and retention policies since the district's requirements
for advancement were made public by the start of the school year
under Section 28.021(d).
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.