HB 4664

AN ACT relating to requiring public schools to make reasonable

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89th Regular Session

Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended

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What This Bill Does

relating to requiring public schools to make reasonable

Subject Areas

Education--School Districts Education--Primary & Secondary--General BLIND & VISUALLY IMPAIRED, TEXAS SCHOOL FOR THE Women DEAF, TEXAS SCHOOL FOR THE

Bill Text

relating to requiring public schools to make reasonable
accommodations for lactating students.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 38.044 to read as follows:
Sec. 38.044.  ACCOMMODATIONS FOR LACTATING STUDENTS.  The
board of trustees of each school district, the governing boards of
the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired and the Texas
School for the Deaf, and the governing body of each open-enrollment
charter school shall provide reasonable accommodations to a
lactating student enrolled at the middle or high school level to
(2)  breast-feed an infant child; and
(3)  address other needs related to breast-feeding.
SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026
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.

Bill History

filed

Bill filed: AN ACT relating to requiring public schools to make reasonable

Nov 10, 2025

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