87R11148 MM-D
By: Seliger S.B. No. 1445
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a parental option to request the return to or retention
at a certain grade level for a public school student whose education
was disrupted by the coronavirus disease pandemic.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 28, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 28.02124 to read as follows:
Sec. 28.02124. OPTIONAL GRADE LEVEL RETENTION OR RETURN.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, due to
the disruption in public education caused by the coronavirus
disease (COVID-19) pandemic, a student's parent or legal guardian
may request that for the 2021-2022 school year the student be
returned to or retained at the grade level in which the student was
enrolled during the 2020-2021 school year.
(b) A school district or open-enrollment charter school
shall grant a request made in accordance with Subsection (a).
(c) Before the beginning of the 2021-2022 school year, each
school district and open-enrollment charter school shall provide
written notice regarding the option under this section to the
parent or legal guardian of each student enrolled in the district or
school.
(d) This section expires September 1, 2022.
SECTION 2. 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, 2021.