By: West S.B. No. 1356 Line and page numbers may not match official copy. Bill not drafted by TLC or Senate E&E. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT 1-1 relating to reporting of information relating to expulsions and 1-2 placements in alternative education programs. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Chapter 37, Education Code, is amended by adding 1-5 Section 37.020 to read as follows: 1-6 Section 37.020. REPORTS TO COMMISSIONER. Each school 1-7 district shall annually report the following information to the 1-8 commissioner of education in a manner directed by the commissioner: 1-9 (a) Information identifying each student placed in an 1-10 alternative education program under Section 37.008, including 1-11 personally identifiable information, such as but not limited to 1-12 race, gender and date of birth, which will enable the agency to 1-13 correlate placement data with information collected through other 1-14 reports; 1-15 (b) For each placement in an alternative education program, 1-16 information indicating whether the student was placed in the 1-17 program based on: 1-18 (1) conduct which violates the district's student code 1-19 of conduct adopted under Section 37.001; 1-20 (2) conduct of which a student may be placed in an 1-21 alternative education program under Section 37.002(b); 2-1 (3) conduct for which placement in an alternative 2-2 education program is required by Section 37.006; or 2-3 (4) conduct occurring while a student was enrolled in 2-4 another district and for which placement in an alternative 2-5 education program is authorized by Section 37.008(j). 2-6 (c) For each student placed in an alternative education 2-7 program under Section 37.008, the number of days the student was 2-8 assigned to the program and the number of days the student was in 2-9 attendance at the program. 2-10 (d) Information identifying each student expelled under 2-11 Section 37.007, including personally identifiable information, such 2-12 as but not limited to race, gender, and date of birth, which will 2-13 enable the agency to correlate expulsion data with information 2-14 collected through other reports; 2-15 (e) For each expulsion, information indicating whether the 2-16 student was expelled based on: 2-17 (1) conduct for which expulsion is required by Section 2-18 37.007; 2-19 (2) conduct for which expulsion is authorized, but not 2-20 required, by Section 37.007; 2-21 (3) serious or persistent misconduct occurring while 2-22 the student was placed in an alternative education program. 2-23 (f) For each expelled student, the number of days each 2-24 expulsion was effective; 2-25 (g) Information indicating the placement of each student 3-1 upon expulsion including information indicating whether: 3-2 (1) the student was placed in a juvenile justice 3-3 alternative education program; 3-4 (2) the student was placed in an educational program 3-5 other than a juvenile justice alternative education program; or 3-6 (3) the student was not placed in an educational 3-7 program. 3-8 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect beginning with the 3-9 1997-1998 school year. 3-10 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 3-11 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 3-12 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 3-13 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 3-14 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 3-15 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 3-16 passage, and it is so enacted.