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.