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  Section 37.008(j), Education Code, is repealed.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.