81R5088 CAE-D
By: King of Zavala H.B. No. 1495
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the inclusion of public school employees in the group of
persons protected from harassment in the public schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 37.001(b)(1), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(1) "Harassment" means threatening to cause harm or
bodily injury to another student or a school employee, engaging in
sexually intimidating conduct, causing physical damage to the
property of another student or a school employee, subjecting
another student or a school employee to physical confinement or
restraint, or maliciously taking any action that substantially
harms the [another student's] physical or emotional health or
safety of another student or a school employee.
SECTION 2. 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, 2009.