H.B. No. 552
AN ACT
relating to expulsion of students from public schools for certain
conduct.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 37.007, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (i) to read as follows:
(i) A student who engages in conduct described by Subsection
(a) may be expelled from school by the district in which the
student attends school if the student engages in that conduct:
(1) on school property of another district in this
state; or
(2) while attending a school-sponsored or
school-related activity of a school in another district in this
state.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2003-2004
school year.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 552 was passed by the House on May 9,
2003, by the following vote: Yeas 122, Nays 4, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 552 was passed by the Senate on May
28, 2003, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor