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CHAPTER 445 H.B. No. 591 1 AN ACT 2 relating to public school admission of military personnel and 3 dependents under reciprocity agreements between states. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 5 SECTION 1i. Section 25.005, Education Code, is amended to 6 read as follows: 7 Sec. 25.005. RECIPROCITY AGREEMENTS REGARDING MILITARY 8 PERSONNEL AND DEPENDENTS. (a) To facilitate the transfer of 9 military personnel and their dependents to and from the public 10 schools of this state, the agency shall [may] pursue reciprocity 11 agreements with other states governing the terms of those 12 transfers. 13 (b) A reciprocity agreement must: 14 (1) address procedures for: 15 (A) transferring student records; 16 (B) ['2) -drc p zurcr.... 1.W] awarding credit 17 for completed course work; and 18 (C) permitting a student to satisfy the 19 requirements of Section 39.025 through successful performance on 20 comparable exit-level assessment instruments administered in 21 another state; and 22 (2) [3--4] include appropriate criteria developed by 23 the agency. 24 SECTION 2. (a) In implementing Section 25.005, Education
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