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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to providing public school students subject to in-school |
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or out-of-school suspension with relevant class assignments. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 37.005, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows: |
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(d) Each teacher of a student suspended under this section, |
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including a student placed in an in-school suspension setting and a |
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student otherwise suspended from school, shall provide the student |
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with assignments that are relevant to the lesson plans of the |
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classes missed as a result of the suspension. |
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(e) If a student placed into in-school suspension completes |
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all assignments before the end of the in-school suspension period, |
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the person supervising the student during that period may request |
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an additional assignment from the student's teacher. A teacher |
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receiving a request under this subsection shall make a good faith |
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effort to provide an additional assignment that is relevant to the |
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class lesson plan. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010 |
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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, 2009. |