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By: Watson |
S.B. No. 1001 |
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(In the Senate - Filed February 22, 2019; March 1, 2019, |
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read first time and referred to Committee on Education; |
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April 4, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; April 4, 2019, |
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sent to printer.) |
Click here to see the committee vote |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1001 |
By: Watson |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the suspension of a student who is homeless from public |
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school. |
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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 (d) to read as follows: |
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(d) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may |
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not place a student who is homeless in out-of-school suspension |
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unless the student engages in conduct described by Subsections |
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(c)(1)-(3) while on school property or while attending a |
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school-sponsored or school-related activity on or off of school |
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property. The campus behavior coordinator may coordinate with the |
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school district's homeless education liaison to identify |
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appropriate alternatives to out-of-school suspension for a student |
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who is homeless. In this subsection, "student who is homeless" has |
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the meaning assigned to the term "homeless children and youths" |
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under 42 U.S.C. Section 11434a. |
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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. |
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