| 1 | 1 | | 88R5642 JTZ-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: AnchÃa H.B. No. 2289 |
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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 a requirement that public schools issue student |
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| 8 | 8 | | identification cards to high school students. |
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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 Z, Chapter 25, Education Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 25.903 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 25.903. STUDENT IDENTIFICATION CARDS. A school |
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| 13 | 13 | | district or open-enrollment charter school shall issue to each high |
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| 14 | 14 | | school student enrolled in the district or school a student |
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| 15 | 15 | | identification card that includes the student's: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1) name; |
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| 17 | 17 | | (2) photograph; and |
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| 18 | 18 | | (3) month and year of birth. |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 |
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| 20 | 20 | | school year. |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 22 | 22 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 23 | 23 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 24 | 24 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 25 | 25 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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