2025 Texas Statutes
Education Code
Title 2 - Public Education
Subtitle E - Students and Parents
Chapter 25 - Admission, Transfer, and Attendance
Subchapter A. Admission and Enrollment
Section 25.005. Reciprocity Agreements Regarding Military Personnel and Dependents
Sec. 25.005. RECIPROCITY AGREEMENTS REGARDING MILITARY PERSONNEL AND DEPENDENTS. (a) To facilitate the transfer of military personnel and their dependents to and from the public schools of this state, the agency shall pursue reciprocity agreements governing the terms of those transfers with other states that are not parties to the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children adopted under Chapter 162.
(b) A reciprocity agreement must:
(1) address procedures for:
(A) transferring student records;
(B) awarding credit for completed course work; and
(C) permitting a student to satisfy the requirements of Section 39.025 through successful performance on comparable end-of-course or other exit-level assessment instruments administered in another state; and
(2) include appropriate criteria developed by the agency.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1073, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 24, eff. May 27, 2003; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 445, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1312 (S.B. 1031), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2007.
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 8 (S.B. 90), Sec. 2, eff. May 5, 2009.
