| 1 | 1 | | 87R8539 CXP-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Johnson of Dallas H.B. No. 4360 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the recording of a public school student's admission, |
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| 8 | 8 | | review, and dismissal committee meeting. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 29, Education Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 29.024 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 29.024. ACCESS TO ADMISSION, REVIEW, AND DISMISSAL |
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| 13 | 13 | | COMMITTEE MEETING RECORDINGS. (a) A school district may not |
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| 14 | 14 | | prohibit: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (1) the audio recording of an admission, review, and |
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| 16 | 16 | | dismissal committee meeting; or |
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| 17 | 17 | | (2) the video recording of an admission, review, and |
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| 18 | 18 | | dismissal committee meeting, if the meeting is conducted through |
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| 19 | 19 | | videoconference. |
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| 20 | 20 | | (b) For each student assigned an admission, review, and |
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| 21 | 21 | | dismissal committee, a school district shall inform the student's |
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| 22 | 22 | | parent or guardian in writing and, to the extent practicable, in the |
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| 23 | 23 | | parent's or guardian's native language regarding the parent's or |
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| 24 | 24 | | guardian's right to: |
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| 25 | 25 | | (1) record the proceedings of the student's admission, |
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| 26 | 26 | | review, and dismissal committee meeting; and |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2) request that the student's admission, review, and |
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| 28 | 28 | | dismissal committee record the meeting and include the recordings |
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| 29 | 29 | | in the student's educational record. |
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| 30 | 30 | | (c) A school district may not record a student's admission, |
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| 31 | 31 | | review, and dismissal committee meeting if the student's parent or |
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| 32 | 32 | | guardian objects to the recording. |
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| 33 | 33 | | (d) The commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to |
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| 34 | 34 | | implement this section. |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2022-2023 |
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| 36 | 36 | | school year. |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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