HBA-MSH H.B. 2104 77(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 2104 By: Dutton Public Education 3/26/2001 Introduced BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Current law requires a conference to be called between a student, a student's parents or guardians, the school principal, and the responsible teacher when a student is removed from class by a school official and placed in an alternative education program. However, a conference is not held before the board of trustees unless the student's placement is to extend beyond the end of the next grading period. House Bill 2104 requires the superintendent to call a conference before the board if placing the student in an alternative education program for more than three consecutive days. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. ANALYSIS House Bill 2104 requires a principal or a principal's designee to notify as soon as practicable the superintendent of the school district or the superintendent's designee of a student's removal from a classroom if the principal intends to place the student in an alternative education program for more than three consecutive school days. The bill requires the superintendent or the superintendent's designee to schedule a conference not more than three days after the student was removed from class with the board of trustees of the district (board) or the board's designee, the principal of the student's school, a parent or guardian of the student, the teacher removing the student from class, and the student. The bill requires the board or the board's designee to order the appropriate placement of the student following the conference, regardless of whether the student, the student's parent or guardian, or the student's teacher was in attendance. The bill requires the board or the board's designee to deliver a copy of the order placing a student in an alternative education program not later than the second business day after the date a conference or hearing is held to the authorized officer of the juvenile court in the county in which the student resides. EFFECTIVE DATE On passage, or if the Act does not receive the necessary vote, the Act takes effect September 1, 2001. The Act applies beginning with the 2001-2002 school year.