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