Relating to establishing residency for children who are the subject of parental child safety placement agreements for purposes of admission into public schools, the official text

S.B. No. 226

AN ACT

relating to establishing residency for children who are the subject

of parental child safety placement agreements for purposes of

admission into public schools.

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) The parent or guardian of a child who is the subject of

a parental child safety placement agreement under Section 264.902,

Family Code, may establish residency for purposes of Subsection (b)

by providing to the school district a copy of a letter from the

Department of Family and Protective Services indicating that the

child is the subject of such an agreement and that the address of

the child's residence during the agreement is in the district.

SECTION 2. Section 264.902, Family Code, is amended by

adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:

(a-1) For a school-age child, a parental child safety

placement agreement must include a letter provided by the

department that contains the address of the child's residence

during the parental child safety placement and the following

language: "THIS LETTER SERVES AS PROOF OF RESIDENCE FOR PURPOSES OF

THE ENROLLMENT OF THE ABOVE-NAMED CHILD OR CHILDREN IN A PUBLIC

SCHOOL IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR GEOGRAPHIC AREA IN WHICH THE CHILD

OR CHILDREN RESIDE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 25.001(C-3),

EDUCATION CODE."

SECTION 3. (a) Section 25.001, Education Code, as amended

by this Act, applies beginning with the 2025-2026 school year.

(b) Section 264.902, Family Code, as amended by this Act,

applies only to a parental child safety placement agreement

executed on or after the effective date of this Act. A parental

child safety placement agreement executed before the effective date

of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the

agreement was executed, and the former law is continued in effect

for that purpose.

SECTION 4. 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, 2025.

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President of the Senate
Speaker of the House

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 226 passed the Senate on

April 16, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

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Secretary of the Senate

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 226 passed the House on

May 24, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 0, two

present not voting.

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Chief Clerk of the House

Approved:

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Date

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Governor