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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the notification required when public school students |
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who engage in certain criminal conduct transfer to a new school. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 15.27(c), Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(c) A parole or probation office having jurisdiction over a |
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student described by Subsection (a), (b), or (e) who transfers from |
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a school or is subsequently removed from a school and later returned |
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to a school or school district other than the one the student was |
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enrolled in when the arrest, referral to a juvenile court, |
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conviction, or adjudication occurred shall notify the |
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superintendent or a person designated by the superintendent of the |
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school district to which the student transfers or is returned or, in |
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the case of a private school, the principal or a school employee |
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designated by the principal of the school to which the student |
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transfers or is returned [new school officials] of the arrest or |
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referral in a manner similar to that provided for by Subsection (a) |
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or (e)(1), or of the conviction or delinquent adjudication in a |
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manner similar to that provided for by Subsection (b) or (e)(2). |
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The superintendent of the school district to which the student |
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transfers or is returned or, in the case of a private school, the |
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principal of the school to which the student transfers or is |
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returned [new school officials] shall promptly notify all |
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instructional and support personnel who have regular contact with |
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the student. |
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SECTION 2. 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. |