Bill Text: TX HB3013 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the suspension or expulsion of a student by an open-enrollment charter school.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-26 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB3013 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3013-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Talarico, VanDeaver, Meyer, Dutton | H.B. No. 3013 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3013: | |||
By: Allen | C.S.H.B. No. 3013 |
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relating to the suspension or expulsion of a student by an | ||
open-enrollment charter school. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 12.131, Education Code, | ||
is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 12.131. STUDENT DISCIPLINE [ |
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SECTION 2. Section 12.131, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (b-1), (d), (e), and | ||
(f) to read as follows: | ||
(b) An open-enrollment charter school may: | ||
(1) only suspend a student for a reason identified in | ||
the school's code of conduct; and | ||
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(b-1) An open-enrollment charter school's code of conduct | ||
may not authorize expulsion based on: | ||
(1) a student's attendance or academic ability or | ||
performance; or | ||
(2) acts or omissions of a student's parent or legal | ||
guardian. | ||
(d) A suspension under this section may not exceed three | ||
school days. | ||
(e) Except as required under Section 37.007(e), a student | ||
who is younger than 10 years of age may not be expelled for a period | ||
of more than one school year. | ||
(f) An employee of an open-enrollment charter school may not | ||
suggest a student withdraw from the school in lieu of being | ||
disciplined as provided by the school's code of conduct. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 | ||
school year. | ||
SECTION 4. 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. |