87R8539 CXP-D
By: Johnson of Dallas H.B. No. 4360
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the recording of a public school student's admission,
review, and dismissal committee meeting.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 29, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 29.024 to read as follows:
Sec. 29.024. ACCESS TO ADMISSION, REVIEW, AND DISMISSAL
COMMITTEE MEETING RECORDINGS. (a) A school district may not
prohibit:
(1) the audio recording of an admission, review, and
dismissal committee meeting; or
(2) the video recording of an admission, review, and
dismissal committee meeting, if the meeting is conducted through
videoconference.
(b) For each student assigned an admission, review, and
dismissal committee, a school district shall inform the student's
parent or guardian in writing and, to the extent practicable, in the
parent's or guardian's native language regarding the parent's or
guardian's right to:
(1) record the proceedings of the student's admission,
review, and dismissal committee meeting; and
(2) request that the student's admission, review, and
dismissal committee record the meeting and include the recordings
in the student's educational record.
(c) A school district may not record a student's admission,
review, and dismissal committee meeting if the student's parent or
guardian objects to the recording.
(d) The commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to
implement this section.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2022-2023
school year.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.