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  89R3722 RDR-F     By: Flores S.B. No. 252       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to protections for certain military dependents enrolled in   a public school.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 25, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 25.906 to read as follows:           Sec.   25.906.     PROTECTIONS FOR CERTAIN MILITARY DEPENDENTS.   (a) In this section:                 (1)     "Compact" means the Interstate Compact on   Educational Opportunity for Military Children executed under   Section 162.002.                 (2)  "Uniformed services" means:                       (A)     the United States Army, Navy, Air Force,   Space Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard;                       (B)     the Commissioned Corps of the National   Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; or                       (C)     the Commissioned Corps of the United States   Public Health Service.           (b)     The provisions of Articles IV, V, VI, and VII of the   compact apply to the following children as if those children were   children described by Article III of the compact:                 (1)     a child of a veteran of the uniformed services who   was discharged or released through retirement, for a period of four   years after the date of the veteran's retirement, if the veteran   returns to the veteran's home of record on military orders; and                 (2)     a child of a member of the uniformed services who   dies on active duty or as a result of injuries sustained on active   duty, for a period of four years after the member's death.           (c)     Each school district and open-enrollment charter school   that maintains an Internet website shall post on the district's or   school's Internet website an easily accessible link to information   regarding the compact and the additional protections provided by   this section.          SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026   school year.          SECTION 3.  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.