| 1 | 1 | | 89R6085 GP-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Cunningham H.B. No. 1658 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to access to public school library materials by |
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| 10 | 10 | | non-enrolled students. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 33, Education Code, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended by adding Section 33.023 to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 33.023. ACCESS TO SCHOOL LIBRARY MATERIALS BY |
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| 15 | 15 | | NON-ENROLLED STUDENT. (a) In this section, "non-enrolled student" |
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| 16 | 16 | | means a student who receives instruction as described by Section |
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| 17 | 17 | | 29.916(a)(1) from a nonpublic school. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (b) The board of trustees of a school district and the |
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| 19 | 19 | | governing body of an open-enrollment charter school may adopt a |
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| 20 | 20 | | policy allowing a non-enrolled student who resides in the district |
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| 21 | 21 | | or in the geographic area served by the school to access the |
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| 22 | 22 | | district's or school's library materials in the same manner that the |
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| 23 | 23 | | district or school provides access to students enrolled in the |
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| 24 | 24 | | district or school. |
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| 25 | 25 | | (c) A policy adopted under Subsection (b) must require a |
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| 26 | 26 | | non-enrolled student who seeks access to a school district's or |
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| 27 | 27 | | open-enrollment charter school's library materials to establish |
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| 28 | 28 | | minimum proof of residency. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 30 | 30 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 31 | 31 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 32 | 32 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 33 | 33 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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