By: Paxton S.B. No. 609
(In the Senate - Filed December 13, 2024; February 3, 2025,
read first time and referred to Committee on Education K-16;
March 17, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8,
Nays 0, two present not voting; March 17, 2025, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring independent school districts, home-rule
school districts, and open-enrollment charter schools to comply
with legally required policies.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 11, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 11.012 to read as follows:
Sec. 11.012. REQUIREMENT REGARDING THE ADOPTION OF A
POLICY. Any requirement of law that imposes a duty to adopt a
policy imposes a duty on the school district, board of trustees, and
school district personnel to implement and act in accordance with
the policy requirements.
SECTION 2. Section 12.013, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) Any requirement of law that imposes a duty to adopt a
policy imposes a duty on the home-rule school district, its
governing body, and school personnel to implement and act in
accordance with the policy requirements.
SECTION 3. Section 12.056, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) Any requirement of law that imposes a duty to adopt a
policy imposes a duty on the campus charter school, its governing
body, and its school personnel to implement and act in accordance
with the policy requirements.
SECTION 4. Section 12.104, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) Any requirement of law that imposes a duty to adopt a
policy imposes a duty on the open-enrollment charter school, its
governing body, and its school personnel to implement and act in
accordance with the policy requirements.
SECTION 5. 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.
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