H.B. 567 78(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


H.B. 567
By: Berman
Public Education
Committee Report (Unamended)



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently a student may not be expelled from a public school for an
offense committed off  of school property or not at a school event.  House
Bill 567 would allow the option of expulsion for students who have
committed  a violent offense, even if the offense took place off campus.


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 567 amends the Education Code to provide that a student may be
expelled if the student engages in conduct that contains the elements of
aggravated assault, sexual assault, aggravated sexual assault, murder, or
criminal attempt to commit murder, whether or not the conduct occurred on
or off school property. 


EFFECTIVE DATE

Upon passage, or, if the Act does not receive the necessary vote, the Act
takes effect September 1, 2003.