Amend the King amendment to CSHB 2 (page 235 of the amendment
packet) by striking the portion of the amendment that amends
Section 37.007(b), Education Code, and substituting the following:
SECTION 2C.___. Section 37.007(b), Education Code, as
amended by Chapters 443 and 1055, Acts of the 78th Legislature,
Regular Session, 2003, is reenacted and amended to read as follows:
(b) A student may be expelled if the student:
(1) engages in conduct involving a public school that
contains the elements of the offense of false alarm or report under
Section 42.06, Penal Code, or terroristic threat under Section
22.07, Penal Code;
(2) while 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:
(A) sells, gives, or delivers to another person
or possesses, uses, or is under the influence of any amount of:
(i) marihuana or a controlled substance, as
defined by Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, or by 21 U.S.C.
Section 801 et seq.;
(ii) a dangerous drug, as defined by Chapter
483, Health and Safety Code; or
(iii) an alcoholic beverage, as defined by
Section 1.04, Alcoholic Beverage Code;
(B) engages in conduct that contains the elements
of an offense relating to an abusable volatile chemical under
Sections 485.031 through 485.034, Health and Safety Code;
(C) engages in conduct that contains the elements
of an offense under Section 22.01(a)(1), Penal Code, against a
school district employee or a volunteer as defined by Section
22.053; or
(D) engages in conduct that contains the elements
of the offense of deadly conduct under Section 22.05, Penal Code;
[or]
(3) subject to Subsection (d), while within 300 feet of
school property, as measured from any point on the school's real
property boundary line:
(A) engages in conduct specified by Subsection
(a); or
(B) possesses a firearm, as defined by 18 U.S.C.
Section 921; [or]
(4) [(3)] engages in conduct that contains the elements
of any offense listed in Subsection (a)(2)(A) or (C) or the offense
of aggravated robbery under Section 29.03, Penal Code, against
another student, without regard to whether the conduct occurs on or
off of school property or while attending a school-sponsored or
school-related activity on or off of school property; or
(5) engages in conduct that contains the elements of
the offense of assault under Section 22.01, Penal Code.