| 1 | | - | H.B. No. 1702 |
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| 1 | + | By: Howard, et al. H.B. No. 1702 |
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| 2 | + | (Senate Sponsor - Hancock, et al.) |
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| 3 | + | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 16, 2019; |
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| 4 | + | April 17, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Higher |
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| 5 | + | Education; May 8, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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| 6 | + | Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 8, 2019, sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 4 | 11 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 12 | | relating to services provided for students at public institutions |
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| 6 | 13 | | of higher education who are or were in foster care. |
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| 7 | 14 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 15 | | SECTION 1. The heading to Section 51.9356, Education Code, |
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| 9 | 16 | | is amended to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 17 | | Sec. 51.9356. DESIGNATION OF LIAISON OFFICER TO ASSIST |
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| 11 | 18 | | STUDENTS WHO ARE OR WERE [FORMERLY] IN FOSTER CARE. |
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| 12 | 19 | | SECTION 2. Section 51.9356, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 13 | 20 | | amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (c), (d), (e), and |
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| 14 | 21 | | (f) to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 22 | | (b) Each institution of higher education shall designate at |
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| 16 | 23 | | least one employee of the institution to act as a liaison officer |
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| 17 | 24 | | for current and incoming students at the institution who are or were |
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| 18 | 25 | | formerly in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and |
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| 19 | 26 | | Protective Services. To the extent allowed by state or federal law, |
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| 20 | 27 | | the institution shall identify those students from information |
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| 21 | 28 | | provided to the institution in admission or financial aid |
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| 22 | 29 | | applications or other available resources. |
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| 23 | 30 | | (c) Each semester or other academic term, an institution of |
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| 24 | 31 | | higher education shall provide to the institution's liaison officer |
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| 25 | 32 | | the names of and information regarding the students described by |
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| 26 | 33 | | Subsection (b). |
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| 27 | 34 | | (d) The liaison officer shall provide to the [those] |
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| 28 | 35 | | students described by Subsection (b) information regarding support |
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| 29 | 36 | | services and other resources available to the students at the |
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| 30 | 37 | | institution and any other relevant information to assist the |
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| 31 | 38 | | students. |
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| 32 | 39 | | (e) The liaison officer may participate in any training that |
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| 33 | 40 | | enables the officer to carry out the officer's duties and |
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| 34 | 41 | | coordinate with liaison officers at other educational |
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| 35 | 42 | | institutions. |
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| 36 | 43 | | (f) Each institution of higher education shall publicize, |
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| 37 | 44 | | including through the institution's Internet website, social |
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| 38 | 45 | | media, electronic mail, or other means of communication used by the |
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| 39 | 46 | | institution: |
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| 40 | 47 | | (1) the name of and contact information for the |
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| 41 | 48 | | institution's liaison officer; and |
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| 42 | 49 | | (2) information regarding support services and other |
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| 43 | 50 | | resources available at the institution to the students described by |
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| 44 | 51 | | Subsection (b). |
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| 45 | 52 | | SECTION 3. Not later than January 1, 2020, each public |
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| 46 | 53 | | institution of higher education shall publicize the information |
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| 47 | 54 | | required by Section 51.9356(f), Education Code, as added by this |
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| 48 | 55 | | Act. |
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| 49 | 56 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 50 | 57 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 51 | 58 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 52 | 59 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 53 | 60 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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| 54 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 55 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 56 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 1702 was passed by the House on April |
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| 57 | | - | 16, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 127, Nays 6, 1 present, not |
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| 58 | | - | voting. |
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| 59 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 60 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 61 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 1702 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 62 | | - | 15, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 63 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 64 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 65 | | - | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 66 | | - | Date |
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| 67 | | - | _____________________ |
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| 68 | | - | Governor |
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