By:  Zaffirini                                                            S.B. No. 150



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to school district student codes of conduct provisions 
addressing the prevention of and education concerning bullying.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 37.001(a), Education Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	(a)  The board of trustees of an independent school district 
shall, with the advice of its district-level committee established 
under Section 11.251, adopt a student code of conduct for the 
district.  The student code of conduct must be posted and 
prominently displayed at each school campus.  In addition to 
establishing standards for student conduct, the student code of 
conduct must:
		(1)  specify the circumstances, in accordance with this 
subchapter, under which a student may be removed from a classroom, 
campus, or alternative education program;
		(2)  specify conditions that authorize or require a 
principal or other appropriate administrator to transfer a student 
to an alternative education program;  [and]
		(3)  outline conditions under which a student may be 
suspended as provided by Section 37.005 or expelled as provided by 
Section 37.007; and
		(4)  provide for prevention of and education concerning 
bullying, including prevention of and education concerning sexual 
harassment and unwanted physical or verbal aggression, in school, 
on school grounds, in school vehicles, at school bus stops, and at 
school-sponsored or school-related activities.
	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.