89R760 CXP-D
By: Noble H.B. No. 1628
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the transfer of certain public school students who are
children of peace officers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 25.0344, Education Code, as added by
Chapter 322 (H.B. 1959), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2023, is amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding
Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows:
(b) On request of a peace officer who is a parent of or
person standing in parental relation to a student, the board of
trustees of a school district or the board's designee shall
transfer the student to:
(1) another district campus; or
(2) any other [to another] school district in this
state, regardless of whether the sending district and the receiving
district have entered into [under] an agreement under Section
25.035.
(e) Notwithstanding any other law, a school district must
approve a transfer under this section unless the district or the
district campus to which the student seeks to transfer is at full
student capacity or has more requests for transfers than available
positions.
(f) A school district may not charge a tuition fee under
Section 25.038 to a student who transfers to the district under this
section.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026
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, 2025.