Amend CSHB 583 by adding the following as a new SECTION 4 and
renumbering subsequent sections appropriately:
      "SECTION 4.  Subsections (a), (b), and (c), Article 15.27,
Code of Criminal Procedure, are amended to read as follows:
      (a)  A law enforcement agency that arrests or takes into
custody as provided by Chapter 52, Family Code, an individual who
the agency <knows or> believes is enrolled as a student in a public
primary or secondary school, for an offense listed in Subsection
(h) of this article, shall attempt to ascertain whether the person
is so enrolled.  If the law enforcement agency ascertains that the
individual is enrolled as a student in a public primary or
secondary school, the agency shall orally notify the superintendent
or a person designated by the superintendent in the school district
in which the student is enrolled <or believed to be enrolled> of
that arrest or detention within 24 hours after the arrest or
detention, or on the next school day.  If the law enforcement
agency cannot ascertain whether the individual is enrolled as a
student, the agency shall orally notify the superintendent or a
person designated by the superintendent in the school district in
which the student is believed to be enrolled of that arrest or
detention within 24 hours after the arrest or detention, or on the
next school day.  If the individual is a student, the <The>
superintendent shall promptly notify all instructional and support
personnel who <have regular contact with> are responsible for the
supervision of the student.  All personnel shall keep the
information received in this subsection confidential.  The State
Board for Educator Certification may revoke or suspend the
certification of personnel who intentionally violate this
subsection.  Within seven days after the date the oral notice is
given, the law enforcement agency shall mail written notification,
marked "PERSONAL and CONFIDENTIAL" on the mailing envelope, to the
superintendent or the person designated by the superintendent.  The
written notification must have the following printed on its fact in
large, bold letters:  "WARNING:  The information contained in this
notice is intended only to inform appropriate school personnel of
an arrest or detention of a student believed to be enrolled in this
school.  An arrest or detention should not be construed as proof
that the student is guilty.  Guilt is determined in a court of law.
THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS NOTICE IS CONFIDENTIAL!"
      (b)  On conviction or on an adjudication of delinquent
conduct of an individual enrolled as a student in a public primary
or secondary school, for an offense or for any conduct listed in
Subsection (h) of this article, the office of the prosecuting
attorney acting in the case shall orally notify the superintendent
or a person designated by the superintendent in the school district
in which the student is enrolled of the conviction or adjudication.
Oral notification must be given within 24 hours of the time of the
determination of guilt, or on the next school day.  The
superintendent shall promptly notify all instructional and support
personnel who are responsible for the supervision of the student.
Within seven days after the date the oral notice is given, the
office of the prosecuting attorney shall mail written notice, which
must contain a statement of the offense of which the individual is
convicted or on which the adjudication is grounded.
      (c)  A parole or probation office having jurisdiction over a
student described by Subsection (a), (b), or (e) of this article
who transfers from a school or is subsequently removed from a
school and later returned to a school or school district other than
the one the student was enrolled in when the arrest, detention,
conviction, or adjudication occurred shall notify the new school
officials of the arrest or detention in a manner similar to that
provided for by Subsection (a) or (e)(1) of this article, or of the
conviction or delinquent adjudication in a manner similar to that
provided for by Subsection (b) or (e)(2) of this article.  The new
school officials shall promptly notify all instructional and
support personnel who are responsible for the supervision of the
student.
      SECTION 2.  Article 15.27(d), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
repealed.