1-1 By: Ellis, Zaffirini S.B. No. 290
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed February 9, 1993; February 10, 1993,
1-3 read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human
1-4 Services; April 21, 1993, reported favorably by the following vote:
1-5 Yeas 5, Nays 3; April 21, 1993, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE VOTE
1-7 Yea Nay PNV Absent
1-8 Zaffirini x
1-9 Ellis x
1-10 Madla x
1-11 Moncrief x
1-12 Nelson x
1-13 Patterson x
1-14 Shelley x
1-15 Truan x
1-16 Wentworth x
1-17 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-18 AN ACT
1-19 relating to corporal punishment in public schools.
1-20 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-21 SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 21, Education Code, is
1-22 amended by adding Section 21.310 to read as follows:
1-23 Sec. 21.310. CORPORAL PUNISHMENT. (a) An employee of a
1-24 public school may not administer corporal punishment to a student.
1-25 (b) An employee of a public school may use reasonable and
1-26 necessary physical restraining techniques for the purpose of:
1-27 (1) preventing a student from injuring a person or
1-28 property;
1-29 (2) self-defense; or
1-30 (3) obtaining possession from a pupil of a weapon or
1-31 other dangerous object or of a controlled substance as defined in
1-32 Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code (Texas Controlled Substances
1-33 Act).
1-34 (c) In this section, "corporal punishment" includes hitting,
1-35 spanking, or slapping a student with a hand or an object.
1-36 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the
1-37 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-38 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-39 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-40 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
1-41 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
1-42 passage, and it is so enacted.
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1-44 Austin,
1-45 Texas
1-46 April 21, 1993
1-47 Hon. Bob Bullock
1-48 President of the Senate
1-49 Sir:
1-50 We, your Committee on Health and Human Services to which was
1-51 referred S.B. No. 290, have had the same under consideration, and I
1-52 am instructed to report it back to the Senate with the
1-53 recommendation that it do pass and be printed.
1-54 Moncrief,
1-55 Acting Chair
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1-57 WITNESSES
1-58 FOR AGAINST ON
1-59 ___________________________________________________________________
1-60 Name: Sylvia Garcia x
1-61 Representing: TEA
1-62 City: Austin
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1-64 Name: Jimmy Dunne x
1-65 Representing: People Opposed to Paddling
1-66 City: Houston
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1-68 Name: Rhonda G. Schmidt x
2-1 Representing: Self
2-2 City: Woodlake
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2-4 Name: Connie J. Byers x
2-5 Representing: Self
2-6 City: Groveton
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2-8 Name: Sandy Kibby x
2-9 Representing: TX Parent Teacher Asso
2-10 City: Austin
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2-12 Name: Wendell Teltow x
2-13 Representing: TX Coal. Prevention Child Abu
2-14 City: Austin
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2-16 Name: Dr. Cliff Price x
2-17 Representing: TX Pediatric Society
2-18 City: Austin
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2-20 Name: Bill Perry x
2-21 Representing: AISD
2-22 City: Austin
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2-24 Name: Jordan K. Faires x
2-25 Representing: TX Council on Family Violence
2-26 City: Austin
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2-28 Name: Shannon Noble x
2-29 Representing: TX Network of Youth Services
2-30 City: Austin
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2-32 Name: Mike Plake x
2-33 Representing: Parents Anonymous of TX
2-34 City: Austin
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2-36 Name: Mitch Sanchez x
2-37 Representing: TX Asso of School Adminsitrato
2-38 City: Austin
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2-40 Name: Beverly Brinson x
2-41 Representing: Self
2-42 City: Houston
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2-44 Name: G. K. Sprinkle x
2-45 Representing: TX Counseling Asso
2-46 City: Austin
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2-48 Name: Paula Rosenstein x
2-49 Representing: CARE Coalition
2-50 City: San Antonio
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2-52 Name: Helen Mikeska x
2-53 Representing: Self
2-54 City: Groveton
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2-56 FOR AGAINST ON
2-57 ___________________________________________________________________
2-58 Name: Winefred M. Conlon x
2-59 Representing: TX ST. Foster Parents, Inc.
2-60 City: Austin
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2-62 Name: Kawai Lucia x
2-63 Representing: Mental Health Asso of TX
2-64 City: Austin
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2-66 Name: Leslie Lanham x
2-67 Representing: Children's Defense Fund
2-68 City: Austin
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