By: Miles S.B. No. 746
(In the Senate - Filed February 23, 2021; March 11, 2021,
read first time and referred to Committee on Education;
April 19, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6,
Nays 2; April 19, 2021, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring the parent of a student enrolled in a school
district to provide and update a student's contact information.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 26, Education Code, is amended by adding
Section 26.0125 to read as follows:
Sec. 26.0125. STUDENT CONTACT INFORMATION REQUIRED. The
parent of a student enrolled in a school district shall provide in
writing to the district:
(1) on enrollment of the student in the district and
not later than two weeks after the beginning of each school year,
the student's address, phone number, and e-mail address; and
(2) if the student's contact information changes
during the school year, not later than two weeks after the date the
information changes, the student's updated information.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022
school year.
SECTION 3. 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.
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