85R6269 SRS-F
By: Nichols S.B. No. 1007
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the disclosure to public schools of certain records of
students placed in residential facilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 29.012, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
(f) A residential facility shall provide to a school
district or open-enrollment charter school that provides
educational services to a student placed in the facility any
information retained by the facility relating to the student's:
(1) school records;
(2) behavioral history; and
(3) record of arrests or indictments or other formal
charges and the disposition of those arrests, indictments, or
charges.
SECTION 2. Section 221.056, Human Resources Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) A residential treatment facility established under this
section shall provide to an open-enrollment charter school that
provides educational services to a student placed in the facility
any information retained by the facility relating to the student's:
(1) school records;
(2) behavioral history; and
(3) record of arrests or indictments or other formal
charges and the disposition of those arrests, indictments, or
charges.
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, 2017.