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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to public school safety and the safety plan of a campus. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 37, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 37.0071 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 37.0071. SAFETY OVERSIGHT BY COMMISSIONER. (a) Not |
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later than the third school day after the day a school district |
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expels a student under Section 37.007(a)(2), the district shall |
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report the expulsion to the commissioner. |
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(b) On the first expulsion of any student from a campus |
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under Section 37.007(a)(2) during a school year, the commissioner |
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may require the campus to consult with the Texas School Safety |
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Center established under Subchapter G to determine appropriate |
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school safety and security procedures. |
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(c) On the second expulsion of any student from the same |
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campus under Section 37.007(a)(2) during a school year, the |
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commissioner shall: |
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(1) review any safety plan adopted by the campus; |
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(2) require the campus to consult with the Texas |
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School Safety Center to determine appropriate safety and security |
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procedures; and |
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(3) require the campus to consult with a local or state |
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law enforcement agency on appropriate safety and security measures |
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to be implemented by the campus. |
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(d) On the third expulsion of any student from the same |
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campus under Section 37.007(a)(2) during a school year, the |
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commissioner shall: |
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(1) establish a safety plan at the campus and monitor |
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the implementation of the plan; and |
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(2) review the safety plan each quarter. |
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(e) The commissioner may require a campus subject to the |
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commissioner's safety plan under Subsection (d) to submit to the |
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commissioner student statistics regarding safety and violence at |
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the campus. The commissioner is responsible for the safety plan of |
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the campus until the commissioner determines that the school |
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district may resume control of the safety plan. |
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(f) The cost for implementing a safety plan established by |
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the commissioner at a campus under Subsection (d) is the |
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responsibility of the school district in which the campus is |
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located. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2007-2008 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |