Bill Text: TX SB936 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to requiring a school district or open-enrollment charter school to report data regarding restraints administered to, complaints filed against, citations issued to, and arrests made of students.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-11 - Referred to Education [SB936 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB936-Introduced.html

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87R3687 KJE-F
By: West S.B. No. 936

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring a school district or open-enrollment charter
school to report data regarding restraints administered to,
complaints filed against, citations issued to, and arrests made of
students.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 37, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 37.086 to read as follows:
Sec. 37.086. REPORT TO AGENCY ON RESTRAINTS, COMPLAINTS,
CITATIONS, AND ARRESTS. (a) In this section:
(1) "Citation" means a ticket issued to a student for a
Class C misdemeanor by a school district peace officer or other
peace officer acting under a memorandum of understanding described
by Subsection (g).
(2) "OC spray" means any aerosol-propelled
debilitation device that is composed of a lachrymatory chemical
compound that irritates the eyes to cause tears, pain, or temporary
blindness. The term includes pepper spray, capsicum spray, OC gas,
and oleoresin capsicum.
(3) "Restraint" means the use of physical force or a
mechanical device to significantly restrict the free movement of
all or a portion of a student's body. The term includes the use of:
(A) a baton or a similar club;
(B) OC spray; and
(C) a TASER.
(4) "TASER" means a device manufactured, sold, or
distributed by Axon Enterprise, Incorporated, that is intended,
designed, made, or adapted to incapacitate a person by inflicting
an electrical charge through the emission of a projectile or
conductive stream. The term, for purposes of this section, includes
a similar device manufactured, sold, or distributed by another
person.
(b) Not later than the 60th day after the last day of classes
for the academic year, the superintendent of a school district
shall electronically submit to the agency a report that contains
incident-based data describing the total number of the following
incidents occurring during the preceding academic year, organized
by campus:
(1) restraints administered to a student;
(2) complaints filed against a student under Section
37.145; and
(3) the following incidents occurring on school
property that result from a district employee's request for
intervention by a law enforcement agency, district peace officer,
or school resource officer:
(A) citations issued to a student; and
(B) arrests made of a student.
(c) The incident-based data submitted under this section
must include, as applicable, information identifying:
(1) the age of the student;
(2) the gender of the student;
(3) the race or ethnicity of the student;
(4) whether the student is eligible for special
education services under Section 29.003;
(5) whether the student is a student of limited
English proficiency, as defined by Section 29.052;
(6) whether the student is in the conservatorship of
the Department of Family and Protective Services;
(7) whether the student is homeless, as defined by 42
U.S.C. Section 11302;
(8) the nature of the offense;
(9) whether the offense occurred during regular school
hours;
(10) whether the offense occurred on school property
or off school property while the student was attending a
school-sponsored or school-related activity;
(11) the type of restraint administered to the
student;
(12) the offense for which a complaint was filed
against the student or for which the student was issued a citation
or was arrested; and
(13) the campus at which the student was enrolled at
the time of the incident.
(d) The data collected for a report required under this
section does not constitute prima facie evidence of racial
profiling.
(e) A report required under this section may not include
information that identifies the peace officer who issued a
citation. The identity of the peace officer is confidential and not
subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
(f) A report required under this section may not include
personally identifiable student information and must comply with
the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C.
Section 1232g).
(g) A school district that enters into a memorandum of
understanding with a local law enforcement agency for the provision
of a regular police presence on campus shall designate in the
memorandum of understanding which entity will be responsible for
collecting the data described by Subsection (b).
(h) The agency shall collect the reports required under this
section, compile the data, and make the data available to the
public. The data must be disaggregated by school district to the
extent possible while protecting the confidentiality of student
information in accordance with Subsection (f).
(i) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to
implement this section, including rules requiring the reporting of
incident-based data using existing Public Education Information
Management System (PEIMS) codes for the reporting of incidents
described by Subsection (b).
SECTION 2. Section 12.104(b), Education Code, as amended by
Chapters 262 (H.B. 1597), 464 (S.B. 11), 467 (H.B. 4170), and 943
(H.B. 3), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, is
reenacted and amended to read as follows:
(b) An open-enrollment charter school is subject to:
(1) a provision of this title establishing a criminal
offense;
(2) the provisions in Chapter 554, Government Code;
and
(3) a prohibition, restriction, or requirement, as
applicable, imposed by this title or a rule adopted under this
title, relating to:
(A) the Public Education Information Management
System (PEIMS) to the extent necessary to monitor compliance with
this subchapter as determined by the commissioner;
(B) criminal history records under Subchapter C,
Chapter 22;
(C) reading instruments and accelerated reading
instruction programs under Section 28.006;
(D) accelerated instruction under Section
28.0211;
(E) high school graduation requirements under
Section 28.025;
(F) special education programs under Subchapter
A, Chapter 29;
(G) bilingual education under Subchapter B,
Chapter 29;
(H) prekindergarten programs under Subchapter E
or E-1, Chapter 29;
(I) extracurricular activities under Section
33.081;
(J) discipline management practices or behavior
management techniques under Section 37.0021;
(K) health and safety under Chapter 38;
(L) public school accountability under
Subchapters B, C, D, F, G, and J, Chapter 39, and Chapter 39A;
(M) the requirement under Section 21.006 to
report an educator's misconduct;
(N) intensive programs of instruction under
Section 28.0213;
(O) the right of a school employee to report a
crime, as provided by Section 37.148;
(P) bullying prevention policies and procedures
under Section 37.0832;
(Q) the right of a school under Section 37.0052
to place a student who has engaged in certain bullying behavior in a
disciplinary alternative education program or to expel the student;
(R) the right under Section 37.0151 to report to
local law enforcement certain conduct constituting assault or
harassment;
(S) a parent's right to information regarding the
provision of assistance for learning difficulties to the parent's
child as provided by Sections 26.004(b)(11) and 26.0081(c) and (d);
(T) establishment of residency under Section
25.001;
(U) [(T)] school safety requirements under
Sections 37.108, 37.1081, 37.1082, 37.109, 37.113, 37.114, 37.115,
37.207, and 37.2071;
(V) [(T)] the early childhood literacy and
mathematics proficiency plans under Section 11.185; [and]
(W) [(U)] the college, career, and military
readiness plans under Section 11.186; and
(X) the reporting of certain information
regarding restraints, complaints, citations, and arrests under
Section 37.086.
SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022
school year.
SECTION 4. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
over another Act of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021,
relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
codes.
SECTION 5. 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, 2021.