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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to information reported through the Public Education |
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Information Management System and to parents regarding |
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disciplinary measures used by a school district or open-enrollment |
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charter school. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 37, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 37.024 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 37.024. REQUIRED PEIMS REPORTING OF DISCIPLINARY |
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MEASURES; REPORT. (a) Each school district or open-enrollment |
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charter school shall include in the district's or school's Public |
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Education Information Management System (PEIMS) report the total |
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number, disaggregated by race and gender, of: |
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(1) incidents of uses of corporal punishment as a |
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method of student discipline, if the district or school permits the |
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use of corporal punishment under Section 37.0011; |
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(2) notwithstanding Section 37.002(e), removals of a |
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student from a classroom by a teacher under Section 37.002(a) or |
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(b); |
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(3) reports to local law enforcement under Section |
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37.015 or 37.0151; |
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(4) suspensions under Section 37.005, disaggregated |
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by the number of students who received: |
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(A) only one out-of-school suspension during the |
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year; |
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(B) more than one out-of-school suspension |
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during the year; and |
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(C) one or more in-school suspensions; |
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(5) changes in school placement, including placement |
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in a juvenile justice alternative education program or a |
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disciplinary alternative education program; |
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(6) expulsions arising under a zero-tolerance policy |
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adopted by the district or school; |
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(7) arrests; and |
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(8) referrals to a truancy court. |
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(b) The agency shall aggregate the data required under |
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Subsection (a) in an annual report and make the report available to |
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each school district and open-enrollment charter school. |
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(c) Each school district and open-enrollment charter school |
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shall make the report under Subsection (b) available electronically |
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on the district's or school's Internet website and provide a copy of |
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the report to each parent of or person standing in parental relation |
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to a student enrolled in the district or school. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022 |
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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, 2021. |