| 4 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 7 | | relating to requiring the Texas Education Agency to provide |
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| 6 | 8 | | identification kits to school districts and open-enrollment |
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| 7 | 9 | | charter schools for distribution to the parent or legal custodian |
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| 8 | 10 | | of certain students. |
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| 9 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 33, Education Code, is |
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| 11 | 13 | | amended by adding Section 33.0531 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 14 | | Sec. 33.0531. CHILD IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM. (a) The |
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| 13 | 15 | | agency shall provide to all school districts and open-enrollment |
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| 14 | 16 | | charter schools inkless, in-home fingerprint and DNA |
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| 15 | 17 | | identification kits to be distributed through the district or |
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| 16 | 18 | | school on request to the parent or legal custodian of any |
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| 17 | 19 | | kindergarten, elementary, or middle school student. |
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| 18 | 20 | | (b) A parent or legal custodian who receives a fingerprint |
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| 19 | 21 | | and DNA identification kit may submit the kit to federal, state, |
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| 20 | 22 | | tribal, or local law enforcement to help locate and return a missing |
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| 21 | 23 | | or trafficked child. |
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| 22 | 24 | | SECTION 2. Section 33.057, Education Code, is amended to |
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| 23 | 25 | | read as follows: |
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| 24 | 26 | | Sec. 33.057. DESTRUCTION OF FINGERPRINTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS. |
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| 25 | 27 | | The agency shall adopt rules relating to the destruction of |
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| 26 | 28 | | fingerprints and photographs made or kept under Section 33.053 or |
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| 27 | 29 | | 33.054 [this subchapter]. |
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| 28 | 30 | | SECTION 3. The Texas Education Agency is required to |
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| 29 | 31 | | implement Section 33.0531, Education Code, as added by this Act, |
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| 30 | 32 | | only if the legislature appropriates money specifically for that |
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| 31 | 33 | | purpose. If the legislature does not appropriate money |
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| 32 | 34 | | specifically for that purpose, the agency may, but is not required |
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| 33 | 35 | | to, implement that section using other appropriations available for |
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| 34 | 36 | | that purpose. |
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| 35 | 37 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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| 36 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 37 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 38 | | - | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2158 passed the Senate on |
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| 39 | | - | April 28, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. |
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| 40 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 41 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 42 | | - | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2158 passed the House on |
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| 43 | | - | May 25, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 113, Nays 32, two |
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| 44 | | - | present not voting. |
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| 45 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 46 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 47 | | - | Approved: |
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| 48 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 49 | | - | Date |
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| 50 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 51 | | - | Governor |
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