Bill Text: TX SB49 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Engrossed

Texas Senate Bill 49 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Relating to school district requirements regarding parental notification in connection with disciplinary alternative education programs.

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [SB49 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-SB49-Engrossed.html



	By: Zaffirini, West	S.B. No. 49


	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to school district requirements regarding parental
	notification and documentation in connection with disciplinary
	alternative education programs.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 37.008, Education Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (l-1) to read as follows:
	(l-1) A school district shall provide the parents of a
	student removed to a disciplinary alternative education program
	with written notice of the district's obligation under Subsection
	(l) to provide the student with an opportunity to complete
	coursework required for graduation. The notice must:
	(1) include information regarding all methods
	available for completing the coursework; and
	(2) state that the methods are available at no cost to
	the student.
	SECTION 2. Section 37.009, Education Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
	(a-1) A school principal or other appropriate administrator
	shall prepare and maintain documentation regarding each conference
	held under Subsection (a). The documentation must:
	(1) indicate the date and time the conference was
	held;
	(2) identify:
	(A) each person who attended the conference by
	name and profession; and
	(B) each person who failed to attend the
	conference after being requested to attend, including the reason
	for the failure to attend, if known; and
	(3) state the outcome of the conference.
	SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2011-2012
	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, 2011.