By: E. Johnson of Dallas (Senate Sponsor - West) H.B. No. 65

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 11, 2019; April 15, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Education; May 10, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 10, 2019, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to reporting information regarding public school disciplinary actions.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. The heading to Section 37.020, Education Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 37.020. REPORTS RELATING TO OUT-OF-SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS, EXPULSIONS, AND DISCIPLINARY ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM PLACEMENTS.

SECTION 2. Section 37.020, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:

(f) For each out-of-school suspension under Section 37.005, the district shall report:

(1) information identifying the student, including the student's race, sex, and date of birth, that will enable the agency to compare placement data with information collected through other reports;

(2) information indicating the basis for the suspension;

(3) the number of full or partial days the student was suspended; and

(4) the number of out-of-school suspensions that were inconsistent with the guidelines included in the student code of conduct under Section 37.001(a)(3).

SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 school year.

SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2019.

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