88R11932 BDP-F     By: Bucy H.B. No. 3759       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a universal screening process for a school district's   program for gifted and talented students.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 29.122, Education Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:          (a-1)  A school district shall, if feasible, use the   universal screening process adopted under Subsection (a) to screen   each second grade student enrolled in the district to identify   gifted and talented students for the district's program.          SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024   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, 2023.