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By:  Raymond                                                      H.B. No. 30 







A BILL TO BE ENTITLED



AN ACT



relating to bullying as a ground for removing a public school 

student from class and placing the student in a disciplinary 

alternative education program.

	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        

	SECTION 1.  Section 37.006, Education Code, is amended by 

adding Subsection (p) to read as follows:

	(p)  A student shall be removed from class and placed in a 

disciplinary alternative education program as provided by Section 

37.008 if the student, on or within 300 feet of school property, as 

measured from any point on the school's real property boundary 

line, or while attending a school-sponsored or school-related 

activity on or off of school property, including while on a school 

bus or at a school bus stop,  engages in bullying.  In this 

subsection, "bullying" means engaging in written or verbal 

expression or physical conduct that:

		(1)  the student knows or reasonably believes will 

cause significant emotional distress to another student;

		(2)  causes significant emotional distress to another 

student; and   

		(3)  would cause significant emotional distress to a 

reasonable person under the same circumstances.

	SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2005-2006 

school year.       

	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.