1-1 By: West S.B. No. 1356 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 13, 1997; March 18, 1997, read 1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Education; April 4, 1997, 1-4 reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the 1-5 following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; April 4, 1997, sent to printer.) 1-6 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1356 By: West 1-7 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-8 AN ACT 1-9 relating to reporting of information by public schools relating to 1-10 expulsions and placements in alternative education programs. 1-11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-12 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 37, Education Code, is 1-13 amended by adding Section 37.020 to read as follows: 1-14 Sec. 37.020. REPORTS RELATING TO EXPULSIONS AND ALTERNATIVE 1-15 EDUCATION PROGRAM PLACEMENTS. In the manner required by the 1-16 commissioner, each school district shall annually report to the 1-17 commissioner: 1-18 (1) for each placement in an alternative education 1-19 program under Section 37.008: 1-20 (A) information identifying the student, 1-21 including the student's race, sex, and date of birth, that will 1-22 enable the agency to compare placement data with information 1-23 collected through other reports; 1-24 (B) information indicating whether the placement 1-25 was based on: 1-26 (i) conduct violating the student code of 1-27 conduct adopted under Section 37.001; 1-28 (ii) conduct for which a student may be 1-29 removed from class under Section 37.002(b); 1-30 (iii) conduct for which placement in an 1-31 alternative education program is required by Section 37.006; or 1-32 (iv) conduct occurring while a student was 1-33 enrolled in another district and for which placement in an 1-34 alternative education program is permitted by Section 37.008(j); 1-35 and 1-36 (C) the number of days the student was assigned 1-37 to the program and the number of days the student attended the 1-38 program; and 1-39 (2) for each expulsion under Section 37.007: 1-40 (A) information identifying the student, 1-41 including the student's race, sex, and date of birth, that will 1-42 enable the agency to compare placement data with information 1-43 collected through other reports; 1-44 (B) information indicating whether the expulsion 1-45 was based on: 1-46 (i) conduct for which expulsion is 1-47 authorized under Section 37.007; 1-48 (ii) conduct, other than conduct described 1-49 by Subparagraph (iii), for which expulsion is permitted under 1-50 Section 37.007; or 1-51 (iii) serious or persistent misbehavior 1-52 occurring while the student was placed in an alternative education 1-53 program; 1-54 (C) the number of days the student was expelled; 1-55 and 1-56 (D) information indicating whether: 1-57 (i) the student was placed in a juvenile 1-58 justice alternative education program under Section 37.011; 1-59 (ii) the student was placed in an 1-60 alternative education program; or 1-61 (iii) the student was not placed in a 1-62 juvenile justice or other alternative education program. 1-63 SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 1997-1998 1-64 school year. 2-1 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-2 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-3 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-4 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-5 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-6 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-7 passage, and it is so enacted. 2-8 * * * * *