Bill Text: TX HB4487 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to exclusion of certain public school student disciplinary actions from reports required by state or federal law.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-29 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB4487 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB4487-Introduced.html

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86R9807 MEW-D
By: Frullo H.B. No. 4487

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to exclusion of certain public school student disciplinary
actions from reports required by state or federal law.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 37.002, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) A student who is sent to the campus behavior
coordinator's office under Subsection (a) is not considered to have
been removed from the classroom for the purposes of reporting data
through the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS)
or other similar reports required by state or federal law.
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.