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House Bill 2532 |
House Author: Patrick, Diane et al. |
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Effective: 6-15-07 |
Senate Sponsor: Shapiro |
House Bill 2532 amends the Education Code to allow a school district to expel and place a student in an alternative setting if, with respect to certain felony conduct, the student has: received deferred prosecution, probation, or deferred adjudication; been referred to a juvenile court; or been arrested for, charged with, or convicted of the offense. The bill requires the student to be placed in a juvenile justice alternative education program (JJAEP), if the district is in a county that operates a JJAEP or the district contracts with another county's juvenile board for JJAEP services, or in a disciplinary alternative education program (DAEP) until the student graduates from high school, felony charges are dismissed or reduced to a misdemeanor offense, or the student completes the term of the placement or is assigned to another program. The bill requires a district to reimburse the JJAEP for its actual daily costs. To assess a student's academic growth, the bill requires a district to test a student placed in a DAEP for 90 or more school days on the initial placement and on the student's program exit date or as near that date as possible, using a test approved by the commissioner for that purpose.
The bill also establishes requirements and conditions for the removal of a registered sex offender from a regular classroom and placement in an appropriate alternative education setting, including requirements and conditions for placement of a student with disabilities who receives special education services. The bill requires a district to convene a committee or, in the case of a student with disabilities, the student's admission, review, and dismissal committee, to review the sex offender's placement after the first semester of the placement. The bill establishes a 24-hour deadline for notification of a school district of the conviction or adjudication of a district student for certain offenses and whether the student must register as a sex offender.