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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the regulation of discrimination by school districts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 11, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 11.179 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 11.179. CERTAIN DISCRIMINATION POLICIES PROHIBITED. |
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(a) Except in accordance with federal law as enacted by Congress |
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and interpreted in controlling federal case law and state law as |
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enacted by the legislature and interpreted in controlling case law |
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of this state, the board of trustees of a school district may not |
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adopt or enforce a policy or other measure to protect a class of |
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persons from discrimination to the extent that the policy or other |
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measure regulates access to multiple-occupancy restrooms, showers, |
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or changing facilities. |
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(b) Subsection (a) may be enforced only through an action |
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instituted by the attorney general for mandamus or injunctive |
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relief. The attorney general may recover costs and attorney's fees |
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related to enforcing Subsection (a). |
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SECTION 2. 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 91 days after the last day of the legislative |
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session. |