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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to prohibiting certain releases of a student to the |
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student's parent after school-initiated communication by a school |
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district or open-enrollment charter school. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 25, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 25.0875 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 25.0875. CERTAIN RELEASES OF STUDENT TO PARENT AFTER |
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SCHOOL-INITIATED COMMUNICATION PROHIBITED. (a) In this section, |
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"parent" includes a person standing in parental relation. |
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(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a school district |
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or open-enrollment charter school may not release a student to the |
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student's parent before the end of the instructional day and after |
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the parent receives a school-initiated communication if the release |
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of the student is: |
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(1) a discipline management technique; or |
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(2) a reaction to the student's behavior that impedes |
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the student's ability to learn but does not: |
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(A) violate the student code of conduct under |
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Section 37.001; or |
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(B) require the student's teacher to remove the |
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student under Section 37.002. |
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(c) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may |
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release a student to the student's parent before the end of the |
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instructional day if the student's release occurs because the |
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student is: |
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(1) suspended under Section 37.005; or |
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(2) expelled under Section 37.0052, 37.007, or |
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37.0081. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |