Bill Text: TX HB2510 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the suspension and expulsion of a student attending an open-enrollment charter school.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-09 - Left pending in committee [HB2510 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2510-Introduced.html
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By: Hinojosa | H.B. No. 2510 |
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relating to the suspension and expulsion of a student attending an | ||
open-enrollment charter school. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 12.131, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 12.131. REMOVAL OF STUDENTS TO DISCIPLINARY | ||
ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM; SUSPENSION OR EXPULSION OF | ||
STUDENTS. (a) The governing body of an open-enrollment charter | ||
school shall adopt a code of conduct for its district or for each | ||
campus and post the code of conduct on the school's Internet | ||
website. In addition to establishing standards for behavior, the | ||
code of conduct shall outline generally the types of prohibited | ||
behaviors and their possible consequences. The code of conduct | ||
shall also outline the school's due process procedures with respect | ||
to suspension and expulsion. The school's policies and procedures | ||
for suspension and expulsion must comply with any procedures or | ||
requirements in Subchapter A, Chapter 37, relating to a student's | ||
suspension or expulsion, including procedures relating to students | ||
enrolled in a special education program under Subchapter A, Chapter | ||
29. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a final decision of | ||
the governing body of an open-enrollment charter school with | ||
respect to actions taken under the code of conduct may not be | ||
appealed. | ||
(b) An open-enrollment charter school may: | ||
(1) only suspend a student for a reason and in the | ||
manner identified in the school's code of conduct; and | ||
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(c) Except as provided by this section and notwithstanding | ||
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provisions, wherever referenced, are not applicable to an | ||
open-enrollment charter school unless the governing body of the | ||
school so determines. | ||
(d) A suspension under this section may not exceed three | ||
school days. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 | ||
school year. | ||
SECTION 3. 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, 2019. |