The bill, H.B. No. 4664, mandates that public schools in Texas, including school districts, the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, the Texas School for the Deaf, and open-enrollment charter schools, provide reasonable accommodations for lactating students at the middle and high school levels. Specifically, the bill requires these institutions to enable lactating students to express breast milk, breast-feed an infant child, and address other needs related to breast-feeding.

The new legal language added to the Education Code includes Section 38.044, which outlines these requirements for accommodations. The bill is set to take effect at the beginning of the 2025-2026 school year, and it will become effective immediately if it receives a two-thirds majority vote from both houses of the Texas Legislature; otherwise, it will take effect on September 1, 2025.

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