By: Flores, Menéndez S.B. No. 1008
(In the Senate - Filed February 17, 2023; March 3, 2023,
read first time and referred to Committee on Education;
March 30, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 12,
Nays 0; March 30, 2023, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to establishing residency for purposes of admission into
public schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 25.001(c-2), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(c-2) A person who establishes residency as provided by
Subsection (c-1) shall provide to the school district proof of
residence in the district's attendance zone not later than the 90th
[10th] day after the arrival date specified in the order described
by that subsection. For purposes of this subsection, "residence"
includes residence in a military temporary lodging facility.
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.
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