| 1 | 1 | | 81R11806 EAH-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Farrar H.B. No. 1792 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to providing public school students subject to in-school |
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| 8 | 8 | | or out-of-school suspension with relevant class assignments. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 37.005, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 11 | 11 | | adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (d) Each teacher of a student suspended under this section, |
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| 13 | 13 | | including a student placed in an in-school suspension setting and a |
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| 14 | 14 | | student otherwise suspended from school, shall provide the student |
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| 15 | 15 | | with assignments that are relevant to the lesson plans of the |
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| 16 | 16 | | classes missed as a result of the suspension. |
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| 17 | 17 | | (e) If a student placed into in-school suspension completes |
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| 18 | 18 | | all assignments before the end of the in-school suspension period, |
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| 19 | 19 | | the person supervising the student during that period may request |
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| 20 | 20 | | an additional assignment from the student's teacher. A teacher |
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| 21 | 21 | | receiving a request under this subsection shall make a good faith |
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| 22 | 22 | | effort to provide an additional assignment that is relevant to the |
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| 23 | 23 | | class lesson plan. |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010 |
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| 25 | 25 | | school year. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 27 | 27 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 28 | 28 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 29 | 29 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 30 | 30 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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