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| 1 | 1 | 87S30364 CXP-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Dutton H.B. No. 126 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to a policy requiring the use of face coverings in public | |
| 8 | 8 | schools. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Section 38.0022 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 38.0022. FACE COVERING POLICY. Notwithstanding any | |
| 13 | 13 | other law, the board of trustees of a school district or the | |
| 14 | 14 | governing body of an open-enrollment charter school may require an | |
| 15 | 15 | individual to wear a face mask, face shield, or other face covering | |
| 16 | 16 | to reduce the spread of infectious, contagious, and communicable | |
| 17 | 17 | diseases when the individual is in the following settings operated | |
| 18 | 18 | by the district or school: | |
| 19 | 19 | (1) a school building; | |
| 20 | 20 | (2) a school bus; or | |
| 21 | 21 | (3) any other congregate educational setting in which | |
| 22 | 22 | children younger than 12 years of age may be present during times | |
| 23 | 23 | dedicated for educational purposes. | |
| 24 | 24 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 25 | 25 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 26 | 26 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 27 | 27 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 28 | 28 | Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the | |
| 29 | 29 | legislative session. |