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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to school district reports concerning corporal punishment |
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and the issuance of citations by a peace officer. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 37.0011, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: |
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(e) A school district in which corporal punishment is |
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permitted as a method of student discipline shall report in each |
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district Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) |
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submission each instance during the period covered by the |
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submission in which a district student is subject to the use of |
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corporal punishment. The report: |
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(1) must include for each instance information |
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identifying: |
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(A) the age of the student; |
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(B) the sex of the student; |
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(C) the race or ethnicity of the student; and |
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(D) whether the student is eligible for special |
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education services under Section 29.003; |
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(2) must comply with the Family Educational Rights and |
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Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g); and |
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(3) may not include personally identifiable student |
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information. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 37, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 37.0811 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 37.0811. REPORT REGARDING CITATIONS ON CAMPUS. |
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(a) In this section, "citation" means a ticket issued for a Class C |
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misdemeanor. |
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(b) The commissioner shall adopt rules requiring a school |
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district to report to the agency information relating to the |
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issuance of citations by a peace officer to students on a district |
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campus. The agency shall collect the reports required under this |
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section, compile the data, and make the data available to the |
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public. |
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SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 4. 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, 2013. |