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79S10200 KKA-D

By:  Coleman                                                      H.B. No. 60 



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to discrimination by public educational institutions and a 
report regarding bullying in the public schools.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Chapter 1, Education Code, is amended by adding 
Section 1.0021 to read as follows:
	Sec. 1.0021.  DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED. (a)  In this 
section, "sexual orientation" means actual or perceived 
heterosexuality, homosexuality, or bisexuality.
	(b)  A public educational institution or employee of a public 
educational institution may not discriminate against a student 
enrolled in the institution on account of the ethnicity, color, 
gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion, 
or national origin of the student or the student's parent.
	SECTION 2.  Subchapter C, Chapter 37, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 37.085 to read as follows:
	Sec. 37.085.  REPORT ON BULLYING AND DISCRIMINATION.  (a)  In 
this section, "sexual orientation" has the meaning assigned by 
Section 1.0021.
	(b)  The agency shall collect data on the prevalence in 
public schools of bullying and discrimination based on the 
ethnicity, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, 
disability, religion, or national origin of a student or a 
student's parent.
	(c)  The agency shall deliver a report describing the data 
collected to the legislature not later than January 1, 2007.
	(d)  This section expires June 1, 2007.                                 
	SECTION 3.  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 on the 91st day after the last day of the 
legislative session.