TO: | Honorable Florence Shapiro, Chair, Senate Committee on Education |
FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Deputy Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | SB126 by Lindsay (Relating to discipline of public school students.), As Introduced |
The bill would amend Section 37.001 of the Education Code relating to discipline of public school students. It would clarify that it is not required for a school district’s student code of conduct to specify a minimum term of disciplinary removal or expulsion. The bill would require that removal or expulsion be subject to a reasonable belief that the student had the culpable mental state required for the offense under the Penal Code, and it would also revise language relating to offenses involving firearms and other weapons.
Source Agencies: | 665 Juvenile Probation Commission, 701 Central Education Agency
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LBB Staff: | JOB, CT, UP, KC, LG
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