TITLE: Relating to protections for certain military dependents enrolled in a public school.

SUMMARY: Relating to protections for certain military dependents enrolled in a public school.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to protections for certain military dependents enrolled in a public school. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 25, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 25.906 to read as follows: Sec. 25.906. PROTECTIONS FOR CERTAIN MILITARY DEPENDENTS. (a) In this section: (1) "Compact" means the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children entered into under Section 162.002. (2) "Uniformed services" means: (A) the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Space Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard; (B) the Commissioned Corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; or (C) the Commissioned Corps of the United States Public Health Service. (b) The provisions of Articles IV, V, VI, and VII of the compact apply to the following children as if those children were children described by Article III of the compact: (1) a child of a veteran of the uniformed services who was discharged or released through retirement, for a period of four years after the date of the veteran's retirement, if the veteran returns to the veteran's home of record on military orders; and (2) a child of a member of the uniformed services who dies while on active duty or as a result of injuries sustained while on active duty, for a period of four years after the member's death. (c) Each school district and open-enrollment charter school that maintains an Internet website shall post on the district's or school's Internet website an easily accessible link to information regarding the compact and the additional protections provided by this section. 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.