Bill Text: TX SB1155 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a public school student's transition from an alternative education program to a regular classroom.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-07 - Referred to Education [SB1155 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1155-Introduced.html
86R9578 TSS-F | ||
By: Huffman | S.B. No. 1155 |
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relating to a public school student's transition from an | ||
alternative education program to a regular classroom. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 37, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 37.023 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 37.023. TRANSITION FROM ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM | ||
TO REGULAR CLASSROOM. (a) In this section: | ||
(1) "Alternative education program" includes: | ||
(A) a disciplinary alternative education program | ||
operated by a school district or open-enrollment charter school; | ||
(B) a juvenile justice alternative education | ||
program; and | ||
(C) a residential program or facility operated by | ||
or under contract with the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, a | ||
juvenile board, or any other governmental entity. | ||
(2) "Licensed clinical social worker" has the meaning | ||
assigned by Section 505.002, Occupations Code. | ||
(b) As soon as practicable after an alternative education | ||
program determines the date of a student's release from the | ||
program, the alternative education program administrator shall: | ||
(1) provide written notice of that date to: | ||
(A) the student's parent or a person standing in | ||
parental relation to the student; and | ||
(B) the administrator of the campus to which the | ||
student intends to transition; and | ||
(2) provide the campus administrator: | ||
(A) an assessment of the student's academic | ||
growth while attending the alternative education program; and | ||
(B) the results of any assessment instruments | ||
administered to the student. | ||
(c) Not later than five instructional days after the date of | ||
a student's release from an alternative education program, the | ||
campus administrator shall coordinate the student's transition to a | ||
regular classroom. The coordination must include assistance and | ||
recommendations from: | ||
(1) school counselors; | ||
(2) school district peace officers; | ||
(3) school resource officers; | ||
(4) licensed clinical social workers; | ||
(5) campus behavior coordinators; | ||
(6) classroom teachers; and | ||
(7) any other appropriate school district personnel. | ||
(d) The assistance required by Subsection (c) must include a | ||
personalized transition plan for the student developed by the | ||
campus administrator. A personalized transition plan: | ||
(1) must include recommendations for the best | ||
educational placement of the student; and | ||
(2) may include: | ||
(A) recommendations for counseling, behavioral | ||
management, or academic assistance for the student with a | ||
concentration on the student's academic or career goals; | ||
(B) recommendations for assistance for obtaining | ||
access to mental health services provided by the district or | ||
school, a local mental health authority, or another private or | ||
public entity; | ||
(C) the provision of information to the student's | ||
parent or a person standing in parental relation to the student | ||
about the process to request a full individual and initial | ||
evaluation of the student for purposes of special education | ||
services under Section 29.004; and | ||
(D) a regular review of the student's progress | ||
toward the student's academic or career goals. | ||
(e) If practicable, the campus administrator, or the | ||
administrator's designee, shall meet with the student's parent or a | ||
person standing in parental relation to the student to coordinate | ||
plans for the student's transition. | ||
(f) This section applies only to a student subject to | ||
compulsory attendance requirements under Section 25.085. | ||
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. |