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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 public school student for engaging |
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in certain conduct against an employee or volunteer of a school |
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district. |
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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 Subsections (a-1), (a-2), and (b-1) to read as follows: |
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(a-1) The principal or other appropriate administrator |
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shall suspend a student who engages in conduct on or off school |
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property against any employee or volunteer in retaliation for or as |
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a result of the person's employment or association with a school |
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district that: |
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(1) contains the elements of an offense under Section |
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22.01(a)(1), Penal Code; or |
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(2) is otherwise deliberately violent and threatens |
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the health or safety of another. |
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(a-2) Subsection (b) does not apply to conduct described by |
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Subsection (a-1). |
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(b-1) Section 37.004 applies to any placement under this |
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section that would constitute a change in placement under federal |
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law of a student with a disability who receives special education |
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services. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 |
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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, 2023. |