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Texas Education Code - Section 25.002. Requirements For Enrollment

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§ 25.002. REQUIREMENTS FOR ENROLLMENT.  (a) If a parent 
or other person with legal control of a child under a court order 
enrolls the child in a public school, the parent or other person or 
the school district in which the child most recently attended 
school shall furnish to the school district:
		(1)  the child's birth certificate or another document 
suitable as proof of the child's identity;
		(2)  a copy of the child's records from the school the 
child most recently attended if the child has been previously 
enrolled in a school in this state or another state;  and
		(3)  a record showing that the child has the 
immunizations as required under Section 38.001, in the case of a 
child required under that section to be immunized, proof as 
required by that section showing that the child is not required to 
be immunized, or proof that the child is entitled to provisional 
admission under that section and under rules adopted under that 
section.
	(a-1)  Information a school district furnishes under 
Subsections (a)(1) and (2) must be furnished by the district not 
later than the 10th working day after the date a request for the 
information is received by the district.  Information a parent or 
other person with legal control of a child under a court order 
furnishes under Subsections (a)(1) and (2) must be furnished by the 
parent or other person not later than the 30th day after the date a 
child is enrolled in a public school.  If a parent or other person 
with legal control of a child under a court order requests that a 
district transfer a child's student records, the district to which 
the request is made shall notify the parent or other person as soon 
as practicable that the parent or other person may request and 
receive an unofficial copy of the records for delivery in person to 
a school in another district.
	(b)  If a child is enrolled under a name other than the 
child's name as it appears in the identifying document or records, 
the school district shall notify the missing children and missing 
persons information clearinghouse of the child's name as shown on 
the identifying document or records and the name under which the 
child is enrolled.  The information in the notice is confidential 
and may be released only to a law enforcement agency.
	(c)  If the information required by Subsection (a) is not 
furnished to the district within the period provided by that 
subsection, the district shall notify the police department of the 
municipality or sheriff's department of the county in which the 
district is located and request a determination of whether the 
child has been reported as missing.
	(d)  When accepting a child for enrollment, the school 
district shall inform the parent or other person enrolling the 
child that presenting a false document or false records under this 
section is an offense under Section 37.10, Penal Code, and that 
enrollment of the child under false documents subjects the person 
to liability for tuition or costs under Section 25.001(h).
	(e)  A person commits an offense if the person enrolls a 
child in a public school and fails to furnish an identifying 
document or record relating to the child on the request of a law 
enforcement agency conducting an investigation in response to a 
notification under Subsection (c).  An offense under this 
subsection is a Class B misdemeanor.
	(f)  Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, for a 
child to be enrolled in a public school, the child must be enrolled 
by the child's parent or by the child's guardian or other person 
with legal control of the child under a court order.  A school 
district shall record the name, address, and date of birth of the 
person enrolling a child.
	(g)  A school district shall accept a child for enrollment in 
a public school without the documentation required by Subsection 
(a) if the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services has 
taken possession of the child under Chapter 262, Family Code.  The 
Department of Protective and Regulatory Services shall ensure that 
the documentation required by Subsection (a) is furnished to the 
school district not later than the 30th day after the date the child 
is enrolled in the school.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, § 1, eff. May 30, 1995.  
Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 575, § 34, eff. Sept. 1, 
1997;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1514, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001;  
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 234, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2003; Acts 
2005, 79th Leg., ch. 164, § 3, eff. May 27, 2005.

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