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  H.B. No. 1569
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the disclosure to public schools of certain records of
  students placed in residential facilities.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 29.012, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsections (f) and (g) to read as follows:
         (f)  Except as provided by Subsection (g), a residential
  facility shall provide to a school district or open-enrollment
  charter school that provides educational services to a student
  placed in the facility any information retained by the facility
  relating to:
               (1)  the student's school records, including records
  regarding:
                     (A)  special education eligibility or services;
                     (B)  behavioral intervention plans;
                     (C)  school-related disciplinary actions; and
                     (D)  other documents related to the student's
  educational needs;
               (2)  any other behavioral history information
  regarding the student that is not confidential under another
  provision of law; and
               (3)  the student's record of convictions or the
  student's probation, community supervision, or parole status, as
  provided to the facility by a law enforcement agency, local
  juvenile probation department or juvenile parole office, community
  supervision and corrections department, or parole office, if the
  information is needed to provide educational services to the
  student.
         (g)  Subsection (f) does not apply to a:
               (1)  juvenile pre-adjudication secure detention
  facility; or
               (2)  juvenile post-adjudication secure correctional
  facility.
         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 September 1, 2017.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1569 was passed by the House on May 4,
  2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 1, 2 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 1569 on May 26, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0,
  2 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1569 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 24, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
  0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor