Texas Education Code
§ 25.043 — CLASSROOM PLACEMENT OF MULTIPLE BIRTH SIBLINGS
ED § 25.043Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION · Part E. STUDENTS AND PARENTS · Ch. 25. ADMISSION, TRANSFER, AND ATTENDANCE · Art. B. ASSIGNMENTS AND TRANSFERS
Statute text
View on source(a)In this section:
(1)"Multiple birth sibling" means a twin, triplet, quadruplet, or other sibling resulting from a multiple birth.
(2)"Parent" includes a person standing in parental relation.
(b)The parent of multiple birth siblings who are assigned to the same grade level and school may request in writing, not later than the 14th day after the first day of enrollment, that the school place the siblings in the same classroom or in separate classrooms.
(c)Except as provided by Subsection (d) or (g), a school shall provide the multiple birth siblings with the classroom placement requested by the parent.
(d)At the end of the first grading period following the multiple birth siblings' enrollment in the school, if the principal of the school, in consultation with the teacher of each classroom in which the multiple birth siblings are placed, determines that the requested classroom placement is disruptive to the school, the principal may determine the appropriate classroom placement for the siblings.
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 91 (H.B. 314), Sec. 1, eff. May 15, 2007.