Floor Packet Page No. 242
      Amend CSSB 4 as follows:
      (1)  In ARTICLE 2 of the bill, immediately following
SECTION 2.06 (House Committee Report, page 47, between lines 7 and
8),  insert the following new SECTION to read as follows:
      SECTION 2.07.  Section 37.020, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
      Sec. 37.020.  REPORTS RELATING TO EXPULSIONS AND ALTERNATIVE
EDUCATION PROGRAM PLACEMENTS.  (a)  In the manner required by the
commissioner, each school district shall annually report to the
commissioner:
            (1)  for each placement in an alternative education
program established under Section 37.008:
                  (A)  information identifying the student,
including the student's race, sex, and date of birth, that will
enable the agency to compare placement data with information
collected through other reports;
                  (B)  information indicating whether the placement
was based on:
                        (i)  conduct violating the student code of
conduct adopted under Section 37.001;
                        (ii)  conduct for which a student may be
removed from class under Section 37.002(b);
                        (iii)  conduct for which placement in an
alternative education program is required by Section 37.006; or
                        (iv)  conduct occurring while a student was
enrolled in another district and for which placement in an
alternative education program is permitted by Section 37.008(j);
and
                  (C)  the number of days the student was assigned
to the program and the number of days the student attended the
program; and
            (2)  for each expulsion under Section 37.007:
                  (A)  information identifying the student,
including the student's race, sex, and date of birth, that will
enable the agency to compare placement data with information
collected through other reports;
                  (B)  information indicating whether the expulsion
was based on:
                        (i)  conduct for which expulsion is
required under Section 37.007, including information specifically
indicating whether a student was expelled on the basis of Section
37.007(e);
                        (ii)  conduct, other than conduct described
by Subparagraph (iii), for which expulsion is permitted under
Section 37.007; or
                        (iii)  serious or persistent misbehavior
occurring while the student was placed in an alternative education
program;
                  (C)  the number of days the student was expelled;
and
                  (D)  information indicating whether:
                        (i)  the student was placed in a juvenile
justice alternative education program under Section 37.011;
                        (ii)  the student was placed in an
alternative education program; or
                        (iii)  the student was not placed in a
juvenile justice or other alternative education program.
      (b)  As soon as practicable after a school district places a
student who is younger than 10 years of age in an alternative
education program established under Section 37.008, the district
shall report that placement, in the manner required by the
commissioner, to each member of the legislature who represents all
or part of the district.
      (2)  Renumber subsequent SECTIONS of ARTICLE 2 accordingly.