89R10356 JDK-D
By: Bumgarner H.B. No. 3764
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to parental notice of certain changes relating to a school
district student's teacher.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 26, Education Code, is amended by adding
Section 26.014 to read as follows:
Sec. 26.014. RIGHT TO NOTICE OF CERTAIN CHANGES RELATING TO
STUDENT'S TEACHER. A school district shall provide notice as soon
as practicable to a parent of a student enrolled in the district
that a teacher or long-term substitute teacher, as defined by
commissioner rule, to whom the student is assigned has:
(1) formally changed the teacher's name with the
district in accordance with district procedures;
(2) been replaced;
(3) been moved to a new assignment; or
(4) been terminated from employment.
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.