78R7507 BDH-F
By: Grusendorf H.B. No. 2061
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to notice of disciplinary action taken against certain
public school students.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 37, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 37.021 to read as follows:
Sec. 37.021. NOTICE OF DISCIPLINARY ACTION. (a) In this
section:
(1) "Disciplinary action" means a suspension,
expulsion, placement in an alternative education program, or other
limitation in enrollment eligibility of a student by a district or
school.
(2) "District or school" includes an independent
school district, a home-rule school district, a campus or campus
program charter holder, or an open-enrollment charter school.
(b) If a district or school takes disciplinary action
against a student and the student subsequently enrolls in another
district or school before the expiration of the period of
disciplinary action, the governing body of the district or school
taking the disciplinary action shall provide to the district or
school in which the student enrolls, at the same time other records
of the student are provided, a copy of the order of disciplinary
action.
(c) Subject to Section 37.007(e), the district or school in
which the student enrolls may continue the disciplinary action
under the terms of the order or may allow the student to attend
regular classes without completing the period of disciplinary
action.
SECTION 2. Section 37.008(j), Education Code, is repealed.
SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2003-2004
school year.
SECTION 4. 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.