Amend CSSB 1871 (senate committee report) in SECTION 9 of the bill, adding Section 37.0083, Education Code, as follows:
(1) In Subsection (a) (page 7, line 42), between "37.007" and "in", insert "or 37.0081".
(2) In Subsection (a) (page 7, line 44), between "student" and the underlined period, insert the following:
only if no positions for the grade level in which the student is enrolled are available in:
(1) the district's in-person disciplinary alternative education program; and
(2) if the county in which the district is located operates a juvenile justice alternative education program, the county's juvenile justice alternative education program
(3) After Subsection (a) (page 7, between lines 44 and 45), insert the following appropriately lettered subsections and reletter subsequent subsections accordingly:
( ) A school district must ensure that, to the extent practicable in a virtual setting, the district's virtual disciplinary alternative education program complies with the requirements for a disciplinary alternative education program under Section 37.008.
( ) A school's placement review committee shall review the placement of a student in a virtual disciplinary alternative education program under this section at least once every 45 school days after the date the placement begins to determine if continued placement in the program is appropriate. If the placement review committee determines that continued placement is appropriate, the committee shall document the determination.