Floor Packet Page No. 245                                                   



	Amend HB 2 by adding the following appropriately numbered 

SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill 

accordingly:

	SECTION __.  Subchapter A, Chapter 37, Education Code, is 

amended by adding Section 37.023 to read as follows:

	Sec. 37.023.  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.