78R1679 CAS-D


By:  Hegar                                                        H.B. No. 552



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

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.