Bill Text: TX SB1539 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to professional development training for certain public school personnel regarding student disciplinary procedures.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-19 - Referred to Education [SB1539 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB1539-Introduced.html
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| By: Van de Putte | S.B. No. 1539 | |
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| relating to professional development training for certain public | ||
| school personnel regarding student disciplinary procedures. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 37, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 37.0181 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 37.0181. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT REGARDING | ||
| DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES. (a) Each principal or other appropriate | ||
| administrator who oversees student discipline shall, at least once | ||
| every three school years, attend professional development training | ||
| regarding this subchapter, including training relating to the | ||
| distinction between a discipline management technique used at the | ||
| principal's discretion under Section 37.002(a) and the | ||
| discretionary authority of a teacher to remove a disruptive student | ||
| under Section 37.002(b). | ||
| (b) Professional development training under this section | ||
| may be provided in coordination with regional education service | ||
| centers through the use of distance learning methods, such as | ||
| telecommunications networks, and using available agency resources. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014 | ||
| 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, 2013. | ||
