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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the refusal of entry to or ejection from school district |
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property. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 37, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 37.1051 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 37.1051. BLUE RIBBON PANEL ON TREATMENT OF |
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UNAUTHORIZED PERSONS. (a) The Blue Ribbon Panel on Treatment of |
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Unauthorized Persons is established to identify best practices |
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regarding a school district's refusal of a person's entry to or |
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ejection of a person from district property and the identification |
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of persons on that property as provided by Section 37.105. |
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(b) The panel consists of members appointed by the |
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commissioner, who must include: |
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(1) a school administrator; |
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(2) a member of the board of trustees of a school |
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district; |
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(3) a classroom teacher; |
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(4) a representative of a parent-teacher |
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organization; and |
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(5) a public safety representative. |
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(c) All meetings of the panel must be open to the public. |
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(d) The panel shall hold at least one public hearing |
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regarding the treatment of unauthorized persons on school district |
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property. |
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(e) Not later than August 1, 2018, the panel shall submit to |
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the standing legislative committees with primary jurisdiction over |
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education, and the Texas Education Agency, a report on the panel's |
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findings and any recommendations for legislative or other action. |
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(f) The agency shall make the recommendations of the report |
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available to all school districts and open-enrollment charter |
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schools. |
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(g) This section expires September 1, 2019. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2017. |