88R19725 KJE-D
 
  By: Wu, Allen, Hull H.B. No. 516
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 516:
 
  By:  A. Johnson of Harris C.S.H.B. No. 516
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to requiring a school district or open-enrollment charter
  school to report data regarding certain disciplinary or law
  enforcement actions taken against students.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 37, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 37.088 to read as follows:
         Sec. 37.088.  REPORT TO AGENCY ON CERTAIN DISCIPLINARY OR
  LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS.  (a)  In this section:
               (1)  "Citation" means a ticket issued to a student for a
  Class C misdemeanor by a school district peace officer or other
  peace officer acting under a memorandum of understanding described
  by Subsection (g).
               (2)  "Conducted energy weapon" means a device that is
  intended, designed, made, or adapted to inflict pain on,
  immobilize, or incapacitate a person by delivering electrical
  energy into the person's body through direct contact or through one
  or more projectiles.
               (3)  "OC spray" means any aerosol-propelled
  debilitation device that is composed of a lachrymatory chemical
  compound that irritates the eyes to cause tears, pain, or temporary
  blindness. The term includes pepper spray, capsicum spray, OC gas,
  and oleoresin capsicum.
               (4)  "Restraint" means the use of physical force or a
  mechanical device to significantly restrict the free movement of
  all or a portion of a student's body. The term includes the use of:
                     (A)  a baton or a similar club;
                     (B)  OC spray; and
                     (C)  a conducted energy weapon.
         (b)  Not later than the 60th day after the last day of classes
  for the school year, the superintendent of a school district shall
  electronically submit to the agency a report that contains
  incident-based data describing the total number of the following
  incidents occurring during the preceding school year, organized by
  campus:
               (1)  the sending of a student to the campus behavior
  coordinator's or other administrator's office or removal of a
  student from class under Section 37.002;
               (2)  restraints administered to a student;
               (3)  complaints filed against a student under Section
  37.145; and
               (4)  the following incidents occurring on school
  property that result from a district employee's request for
  intervention by a law enforcement agency, district peace officer,
  or school resource officer:
                     (A)  citations issued to a student; and
                     (B)  arrests made of a student.
         (c)  The incident-based data submitted under this section
  must include:
               (1)  as applicable, information identifying:
                     (A)  the age of the student;
                     (B)  the gender of the student;
                     (C)  the race or ethnicity of the student;
                     (D)  whether the student is eligible for special
  education services under Section 29.003;
                     (E)  whether the student is an emergent bilingual
  student, as defined by Section 29.052;
                     (F)  whether the student is in the conservatorship
  of the Department of Family and Protective Services;
                     (G)  whether the student is homeless, as defined
  by 42 U.S.C. Section 11302;
                     (H)  the nature of the offense;
                     (I)  whether the offense occurred during regular
  school hours;
                     (J)  whether the offense occurred on school
  property or off school property while the student was attending a
  school-sponsored or school-related activity;
                     (K)  the type of restraint administered to the
  student;
                     (L)  the offense for which a complaint was filed
  against the student or for which the student was issued a citation
  or was arrested; and
                     (M)  the campus at which the student was enrolled
  at the time of the incident; and
               (2)  for each campus for which an incident described by
  Subsection (b) is reported, a comparison of the demographics of
  students who were the subject of such an incident to the
  demographics of the campus's student body, disaggregated by each
  student group described by Subdivision (1)(A), (B), (C), (D), (E),
  (F), or (G).
         (d)  The data collected for a report required under this
  section does not constitute prima facie evidence of racial
  profiling.
         (e)  A report required under this section may not include
  information that identifies the peace officer who issued a
  citation.  The identity of the peace officer is confidential and not
  subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
         (f)  A report required under this section may not include
  personally identifiable student information and must comply with
  the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C.
  Section 1232g).
         (g)  A school district that enters into a memorandum of
  understanding with a local law enforcement agency for the provision
  of a regular police presence on campus shall designate in the
  memorandum of understanding which entity will be responsible for
  collecting the data described by Subsection (b).
         (h)  The agency shall collect the reports required under this
  section, compile the data, and make the data available to the
  public.  The data must be disaggregated by school district to the
  extent possible while protecting the confidentiality of student
  information in accordance with Subsection (f).
         (i)  The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to
  implement this section, including rules requiring the reporting of
  incident-based data using existing Public Education Information
  Management System (PEIMS) codes for the reporting of incidents
  described by Subsection (b).
         SECTION 2.  Section 12.104(b), Education Code, as amended by
  Chapters 542 (S.B. 168), 887 (S.B. 1697), 915 (H.B. 3607), 974 (S.B.
  2081), and 1046 (S.B. 1365), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2021, is reenacted and amended to read as follows:
         (b)  An open-enrollment charter school is subject to:
               (1)  a provision of this title establishing a criminal
  offense;
               (2)  the provisions in Chapter 554, Government Code;
  and
               (3)  a prohibition, restriction, or requirement, as
  applicable, imposed by this title or a rule adopted under this
  title, relating to:
                     (A)  the Public Education Information Management
  System (PEIMS) to the extent necessary to monitor compliance with
  this subchapter as determined by the commissioner;
                     (B)  criminal history records under Subchapter C,
  Chapter 22;
                     (C)  reading instruments and accelerated reading
  instruction programs under Section 28.006;
                     (D)  accelerated instruction under Section
  28.0211;
                     (E)  high school graduation requirements under
  Section 28.025;
                     (F)  special education programs under Subchapter
  A, Chapter 29;
                     (G)  bilingual education under Subchapter B,
  Chapter 29;
                     (H)  prekindergarten programs under Subchapter E
  or E-1, Chapter 29, except class size limits for prekindergarten
  classes imposed under Section 25.112, which do not apply;
                     (I)  extracurricular activities under Section
  33.081;
                     (J)  discipline management practices or behavior
  management techniques under Section 37.0021;
                     (K)  health and safety under Chapter 38;
                     (L)  the provisions of Subchapter A, Chapter 39;
                     (M)  public school accountability and special
  investigations under Subchapters A, B, C, D, F, G, and J, Chapter
  39, and Chapter 39A;
                     (N)  the requirement under Section 21.006 to
  report an educator's misconduct;
                     (O)  intensive programs of instruction under
  Section 28.0213;
                     (P)  the right of a school employee to report a
  crime, as provided by Section 37.148;
                     (Q)  bullying prevention policies and procedures
  under Section 37.0832;
                     (R)  the right of a school under Section 37.0052
  to place a student who has engaged in certain bullying behavior in a
  disciplinary alternative education program or to expel the student;
                     (S)  the right under Section 37.0151 to report to
  local law enforcement certain conduct constituting assault or
  harassment;
                     (T)  a parent's right to information regarding the
  provision of assistance for learning difficulties to the parent's
  child as provided by Sections 26.004(b)(11) and 26.0081(c) and (d);
                     (U)  establishment of residency under Section
  25.001;
                     (V)  school safety requirements under Sections
  37.108, 37.1081, 37.1082, 37.109, 37.113, 37.114, 37.1141, 37.115,
  37.207, and 37.2071;
                     (W)  the early childhood literacy and mathematics
  proficiency plans under Section 11.185;
                     (X)  the college, career, and military readiness
  plans under Section 11.186; [and]
                     (Y) [(X)]  parental options to retain a student
  under Section 28.02124; and
                     (Z)  the reporting of information regarding
  certain disciplinary or law enforcement actions under Section
  37.088.
         SECTION 3.  This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024
  school year.
         SECTION 4.  To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
  over another Act of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023,
  relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
  codes.
         SECTION 5.  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, 2023.