78R6869 CAS-D
By: Dutton H.B. No. 2503
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to limiting a public school administrator's referral of a
student to a law enforcement official for the student's violation
of the student code of conduct.
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. LIMITATION ON REFERRAL TO LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICIAL FOR VIOLATION OF STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT. A school
administrator may not refer a student to a law enforcement official
on the basis of conduct by the student that violates the student
code of conduct but that the administrator knows or has reason to
know is not a criminal offense.
SECTION 2. 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.