88R24435 CXP-F
By: Wilson, Garcia H.B. No. 5167
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to protections for certain military dependents enrolled in
a public school.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 25, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 25.906 to read as follows:
Sec. 25.906. PROTECTIONS FOR CERTAIN MILITARY DEPENDENTS.
(a) In this section:
(1) "Compact" means the Interstate Compact on
Educational Opportunity for Military Children executed under
Section 162.002.
(2) "Uniformed services" means:
(A) the United States Army, Navy, Air Force,
Space Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard;
(B) the Commissioned Corps of the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; or
(C) the Commissioned Corps of the United States
Public Health Service.
(b) The provisions of Articles IV, V, VI, and VII of the
compact apply to the following children as if those children were
children described by Article III of the compact:
(1) a child of a veteran of the uniformed services who
was discharged or released through retirement, for a period of four
years after the date of the veteran's retirement, if the veteran
returns to the veteran's home of record on military orders; and
(2) a child of a member of the uniformed services who
dies on active duty or as a result of injuries sustained on active
duty, for a period of four years after the member's death.
(c) Each school district and open-enrollment charter school
that maintains an Internet website shall post on the district's or
school's Internet website an easily accessible link to information
regarding the compact and the additional protections provided by
this section.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024
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, 2023.