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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to reporting and disseminating information regarding |
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public school disciplinary actions. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Section 37.020, Education Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 37.020. REPORTS RELATING TO SUSPENSIONS, EXPULSIONS, |
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AND DISCIPLINARY ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM PLACEMENTS. |
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SECTION 2. Section 37.020, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows: |
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(d) For each suspension under Section 37.005, the district |
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shall report: |
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(1) information identifying the student, including |
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the student's race, sex, and date of birth, that will enable the |
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agency to compare placement data with information collected through |
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other reports; |
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(2) information indicating the basis for the |
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suspension; |
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(3) the number of full or partial days the student was |
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suspended; and |
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(4) the number of suspensions that were inconsistent |
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with the guidelines included in the student code of conduct under |
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Section 37.001(a)(3). |
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(e) The agency shall make information collected under this |
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section, disaggregated by race, sex, and age of the student, |
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available to the public in a manner that does not identify an |
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individual student. |
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SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 |
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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, 2017. |