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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to disciplinary actions imposed on public school students |
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who disrupt the conduct of class or other school activities. |
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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 37.0052 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 37.0052. SUSPENSION OF STUDENT FOR DISRUPTION OF |
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CLASSES IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. (a) In this section: |
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(1) "Disrupting the conduct of classes or other school |
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activities," "public property," and "school property" have the |
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meanings assigned by Section 37.124(c). |
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(2) "Student" means any person who is registered in or |
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in attendance at a public school. |
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(b) A principal may place a student into in-school |
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suspension if the student, on school property or on public property |
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within 500 feet of school property, alone or in concert with others, |
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intentionally disrupts the conduct of classes or other school |
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activities. |
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(c) A suspension under this section may not exceed three |
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school days. |
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SECTION 2. Section 37.124(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) A person other than a student commits an offense if the |
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person, on school property or on public property within 500 feet of |
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school property, alone or in concert with others, intentionally |
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disrupts the conduct of classes or other school activities. |
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SECTION 3. Section 37.124(c), Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subdivision (4) to read as follows: |
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(4) "Student" has the meaning assigned by Section |
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37.0052. |
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SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 5. (a) The change in law made by Section |
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37.124(a), Education Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to |
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an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before the |
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effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs |
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before that date. |
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(b) An offense committed before the effective date of this |
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Act is governed by the law in effect when the offense was committed, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 6. 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, 2009. |