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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to discipline for certain conduct of a student enrolled in |
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a school district special education program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 37.001(b-1), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b-1) The methods adopted under Subsection (a)(8) must |
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provide that a student who is enrolled in a special education |
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program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, may not be disciplined for |
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conduct prohibited in accordance with Subsection (a)(7) until an |
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admission, review, and dismissal committee meeting has been held to |
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review the conduct and may be disciplined for that conduct only in |
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accordance with procedural due process safeguards for a student |
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enrolled in a special education program or the student's parent as |
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required under: |
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(1) this subchapter, Subchapter A, Chapter 29, or |
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another provision of this code; |
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(2) rules adopted under a provision described by |
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Subdivision (1); or |
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(3) federal law or regulations. |
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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. |