H.B. 552 78(R) BILL ANALYSIS H.B. 552 By: Hegar Public Education Committee Report (Unamended) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Currently, a school district does not have the express written authority to expel a student that commits an expellable offense (Section 37.007, Education Code) on school property or at a school sponsored event in another school district. House Bill 552 authorizes the school district which the student attends to expel the student if they engage in an expellable offense in another school district. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. ANALYSIS House Bill 552 amends the Education Code to provide that a student who engages in an expellable offense may be expelled from school by the district in which the student attends school if the student engages in that conduct on school property of another district in this state, or while attending a school-sponsored activity of a school in another district in this state. This Act applies beginning with the 2003-2004 school year. EFFECTIVE DATE Upon passage, or, if the Act does not receive the necessary vote, the Act takes effect September 1, 2003.