Amend HB 171 (Senate committee report) by adding the 
following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and 
renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION ___.  Subchapter A, Chapter 37, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 37.0015 to read as follows:
	Sec. 37.0015.  RIGHT TO PROMPT NOTICE OF DISCIPLINARY 
ACTION.  (a) A parent is entitled to prompt notice from a school 
district as provided by this section if under this subchapter the 
parent's child is placed into in-school or out-of-school 
suspension, placed in a disciplinary alternative education 
program, expelled, or placed in a juvenile justice alternative 
education program or is taken into custody by a law enforcement 
officer.  A school district must comply with this subsection by:
		(1)  promptly contacting the parent by telephone or in 
person; and   
		(2)  making a good faith effort to provide written 
notice of the disciplinary action to the student, on the day the 
action is taken, for delivery to the student's parent.
	(b)  If a parent entitled to notice under Subsection (a) has 
not been reached by telephone or in person by 5 p.m. of the first 
business day after the day the disciplinary action is taken, a 
school district shall mail written notice of the action to the 
parent at the parent's last known address.
	SECTION ____.  Section 37.008, Education Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (l-1) to read as follows:
	(l-1)  A school district shall provide the parents of a 
student removed to a disciplinary alternative education program 
with written notice of the district's obligation under Subsection 
(l) to provide the student with an opportunity to complete 
coursework required for graduation.  The notice must:
		(1)  include information regarding all methods 
available for completing the coursework; and
		(2)  state that the methods are available at no cost to 
the student. 
	SECTION ____.  Section 37.009, Education Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
	(a-1)  A school principal or other appropriate administrator 
shall prepare and maintain documentation regarding each conference 
held under Subsection (a).  The documentation must:
		(1)  indicate the date and time the conference was 
held;             
		(2)  identify:                                                         
			(A)  each person who attended the conference by 
name and profession; and
			(B)  each person who failed to attend the 
conference after being requested to attend, including the reason 
for the failure to attend, if known; and
		(3)  state the outcome of the conference.                              
	SECTION ___.  Section 37.0091(a), Education Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(a)  A noncustodial parent may request in writing that a 
school district or school, for the remainder of the school year in 
which the request is received, provide that parent with:
		(1)  a copy of any written notification relating to 
student misconduct under Section 37.006 or 37.007 that is generally 
provided by the district or school to a student's parent or 
guardian; and
		(2)  any notice required by Section 37.0015.