85R12215 PAM-D     By: Leach H.B. No. 3365       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to criteria for admission of students into public schools.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 25.001(b), Education Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (b)  The board of trustees of a school district or its   designee shall admit into the public schools of the district free of   tuition a person who is over five and younger than 21 years of age on   the first day of September of the school year in which admission is   sought, and may admit a person who is at least 21 years of age and   under 26 years of age for the purpose of completing the requirements   for a high school diploma, if:                (1)  the person and either parent of the person reside   in the school district;                (2)  the person does not reside in the school district   but a parent of the person resides in the school district and that   parent is a joint managing conservator or the sole managing   conservator or possessory conservator of the person;                (3)  the person and the person's guardian or other   person having lawful control of the person under a court order   reside within the school district;                (4)  the person has established a separate residence   under Subsection (d);                (5)  the person is homeless, as defined by 42 U.S.C.   Section 11302, regardless of the residence of the person, of either   parent of the person, or of the person's guardian or other person   having lawful control of the person;                (6)  the person is a foreign exchange student placed   with a host family that resides in the school district by a   nationally recognized foreign exchange program, unless the school   district has applied for and been granted a waiver by the   commissioner under Subsection (e);                (7)  the person resides at a residential facility   located in the district;                (8)  the person resides in the school district and is 18   years of age or older or the person's disabilities of minority have   been removed; [or]                (9)  the person does not reside in the school district   but the grandparent of the person:                      (A)  resides in the school district; and                      (B)  provides a substantial amount of   after-school care for the person as determined by the board; or                (10)  the person and either parent of the person reside   in a residence that is located on a parcel of property any part of   which is located in the school district.          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.