Amend SB 1114, on third reading, 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 37.023 to read as follows:
Sec. 37.023. REPORTS RELATING TO CERTAIN OFFENSES COMMITTED BY CERTAIN STUDENTS. (a) In the manner required by the commissioner and subject to Subsection (b), each school district shall annually report to the commissioner information relating to each offense that does not involve the use of a weapon:
(1) committed during school hours on school property by a student who is younger than 12 years of age; and
(2) for which the student receives a citation.
(b) Conduct that must be reported under Subsection (a) includes only conduct that:
(1) is not harassment as defined by Section 37.001;
(2) occurs between two students;
(3) is not violent;
(4) involves open-handed physical contact; and
(5) is not intended to cause harm and is playful.
(c) The report required under Subsection (a) must include:
(1) the offense committed by the student;
(2) the age and sex of the student;
(3) the race or ethnicity of the student;
(4) the grade level of the student; and
(5) the campus to which the student is assigned.
(d) The commissioner may adopt rules necessary to implement this section.
SECTION ____. Section 37.023, Education Code, as added by this Act, applies beginning with the 2013-2014 school year.