TITLE: Relating to a public school policy for establishing age for purposes of admission into the school for certain children of foreign military members.

SUMMARY: Relating to a public school policy for establishing age for purposes of admission into the school for certain children of foreign military members.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to a public school policy for establishing age for purposes of admission into the school for certain children of foreign military members. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 25.001, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c-3) to read as follows: (c-3) Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (b), the board of trustees of a school district may adopt a policy to allow a person whose parent or guardian is an active-duty member of a foreign military force stationed in this state to establish the person's age for purposes of determining eligibility under those subsections by demonstrating that the person will turn the required age during the school year for which the person is seeking admission. SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026 school year. SECTION 3. 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.