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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to reporting the number of incidents of bullying and |
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cyberbullying in a school district and open-enrollment charter |
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school through the Public Education Information Management System. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 48.009, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (b-4) to read as follows: |
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(b-4) The commissioner by rule shall require each school |
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district and open-enrollment charter school to annually report |
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through the Public Education Information Management System the |
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number of reported incidents of bullying that have occurred at each |
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campus. The commissioner's rules shall require a district or |
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school to specify the number of incidents of bullying that included |
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cyberbullying. |
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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. |