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AN ACT
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relating to public school Internet website information concerning |
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local programs and services available to assist homeless students. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 33, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 33.906 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 33.906. WEBSITE INFORMATION CONCERNING LOCAL PROGRAMS |
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AND SERVICES AVAILABLE TO ASSIST HOMELESS STUDENTS. (a) Except as |
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provided by Subsection (e), each school that maintains an Internet |
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website shall post on the website information regarding local |
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programs and services, including charitable programs and services, |
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available to assist homeless students. |
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(b) A school to which Subsection (a) applies shall make a |
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good faith effort to compile information described by that |
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subsection and shall post the information compiled in a format and |
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style that is easily understandable by students or parents, as |
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appropriate based on the grade levels the school offers. |
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(c) A representative of a local program or service available |
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to assist homeless students may request to have information |
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concerning the program or service posted on a school's website. A |
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school may determine the information that is posted on the school's |
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website and is not required to post information as requested by the |
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representative. |
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(d) A school district is not liable for any harm to a student |
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that results in connection with a local program or service referred |
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to on the website of a district school as provided by this section. |
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(e) This section does not apply to a school within a school |
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district that: |
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(1) has an enrollment of fewer than 3,000 students; |
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and |
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(2) is primarily located in a county with a population |
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of less than 50,000. |
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(f) This section expires September 1, 2025. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1559 was passed by the House on May |
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12, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 7, 2 present, not |
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voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to |
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H.B. No. 1559 on May 28, 2015, and requested the appointment of a |
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conference committee to consider the differences between the two |
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houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report |
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on H.B. No. 1559 on May 31, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 138, |
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Nays 6, 2 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1559 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 26, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays |
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4; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference |
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committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and |
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that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No. |
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1559 on May 31, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |