Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2874 Compare Versions

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22 By: Anchia H.B. No. 2874
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55 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
66 AN ACT
77 relating to a requirement that public schools issue student
88 identification cards to high school students.
99 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1010 SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 25, Education Code, is
1111 amended by adding Section 25.902 to read as follows:
1212 Sec. 25.902. STUDENT IDENTIFICATION CARDS. A school
1313 district or open-enrollment charter school shall issue to each high
1414 school student enrolled in the district or school a student
1515 identification card that includes the student's:
1616 (1) name;
1717 (2) photograph; and
1818 (3) date of birth.
1919 SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022
2020 school year.
2121 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2222 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2323 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
2424 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2525 Act takes effect September 1, 2021.