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      88(4) HB 107 - Introduced version - Bill Text
      
            88S40099 BDP-D
         
		By:  Cunningham
            H.B.  No.  107
         
               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
            
               AN ACT
            
            relating to access to public school library materials by 
         
            non-enrolled students.
         
                          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
                          SECTION  1.    Subchapter B, Chapter 33, Education Code, is 
         
            amended by adding Section 33.023 to read as follows:
         
                          Sec.  33.023.    ACCESS TO SCHOOL LIBRARY MATERIALS BY 
         
            NON-ENROLLED STUDENT.   (a)   In this section, "non-enrolled student" 
         
            means a student who receives instruction as described by Section 
         
            29.916(a)(1) from a nonpublic school.
         
                          (b)    The board of trustees of a school district and the 
         
            governing body of an open-enrollment charter school shall adopt a 
         
            policy allowing a non-enrolled student who resides in the district 
         
            or in the geographic area served by the school to access the 
         
            district's or school's library materials in the same manner that the 
         
            district or school provides access to students enrolled in the 
         
            district or school.
         
                          (c)    A policy adopted under Subsection (b) must require a 
         
            non-enrolled student who seeks access to a school district's or 
         
            open-enrollment charter school's library materials to establish 
         
            minimum proof of residency.
         
                          SECTION  2.    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 on the 91st day after the last day of the 
         
            legislative session.
         
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to access to public school library materials by
	non-enrolled students.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 33, Education Code, is
	amended by adding Section 33.023 to read as follows:
	Sec. 33.023. ACCESS TO SCHOOL LIBRARY MATERIALS BY
	NON-ENROLLED STUDENT. (a) In this section, "non-enrolled student"
	means a student who receives instruction as described by Section
	29.916(a)(1) from a nonpublic school.
	(b) The board of trustees of a school district and the
	governing body of an open-enrollment charter school shall adopt a
	policy allowing a non-enrolled student who resides in the district
	or in the geographic area served by the school to access the
	district's or school's library materials in the same manner that the
	district or school provides access to students enrolled in the
	district or school.
	(c) A policy adopted under Subsection (b) must require a
	non-enrolled student who seeks access to a school district's or
	open-enrollment charter school's library materials to establish
	minimum proof of residency.
	SECTION 2. 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 on the 91st day after the last day of the
	legislative session.