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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring the provision of course work to public school |
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students subject to in-school or out-of-school suspension. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 37.005, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: |
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(e) A school district shall provide to a student during the |
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period of the student's suspension under this section, regardless |
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of whether the student is placed in in-school or out-of-school |
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suspension, an alternative means of receiving all course work |
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provided in the classes in the foundation curriculum under Section |
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28.002(a)(1) that the student misses as a result of the suspension. |
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The district must provide at least one option for receiving the |
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course work that does not require the use of the Internet. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2019. |