Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HB2618 Compare Versions

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1	1	81R10867 KKA-D
2	2	By: Olivo H.B. No. 2618
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to school district reporting of students placed in
8	8	disciplinary alternative education programs or expelled from
9	9	school.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Section 37.020, Education Code, is amended by
12	12	amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsection (d) to read
13	13	as follows:
14	14	(b) For each placement in a disciplinary alternative
15	15	education program established under Section 37.008, the district
16	16	shall report:
17	17	(1) information identifying the student, including
18	18	the student's race, sex, and date of birth, that will enable the
19	19	agency to compare placement data with information collected through
20	20	other reports;
21	21	(2) information indicating whether the student was
22	22	enrolled in a special education program under Subchapter A, Chapter
23	23	29, at the time of the placement;
24	24	(3) information indicating whether the placement was
25	25	based on:
26	26	(A) conduct violating the student code of conduct
27	27	adopted under Section 37.001;
28	28	(B) conduct for which a student may be removed
29	29	from class under Section 37.002(b);
30	30	(C) conduct for which placement in a disciplinary
31	31	alternative education program is required by Section 37.006; or
32	32	(D) conduct occurring while a student was
33	33	enrolled in another district and for which placement in a
34	34	disciplinary alternative education program is permitted by Section
35	35	37.008(j);
36	36	(4) [(3)] the number of full or partial days the
37	37	student was assigned to the program and the number of full or
38	38	partial days the student attended the program; and
39	39	(5) [(4)] the number of placements that were
40	40	inconsistent with the guidelines included in the student code of
41	41	conduct under Section 37.001(a)(5).
42	42	(c) For each expulsion under Section 37.007, the district
43	43	shall report:
44	44	(1) information identifying the student, including
45	45	the student's race, sex, and date of birth, that will enable the
46	46	agency to compare placement data with information collected through
47	47	other reports;
48	48	(2) information indicating whether the student was
49	49	enrolled in a special education program under Subchapter A, Chapter
50	50	29, at the time of the expulsion;
51	51	(3) information indicating whether the expulsion was
52	52	based on:
53	53	(A) conduct for which expulsion is required under
54	54	Section 37.007, including information specifically indicating
55	55	whether a student was expelled on the basis of Section 37.007(e); or
56	56	(B) conduct for which expulsion is permitted
57	57	under Section 37.007;
58	58	(4) [(3)] the number of full or partial days the
59	59	student was expelled;
60	60	(5) [(4)] information indicating whether:
61	61	(A) the student was placed in a juvenile justice
62	62	alternative education program under Section 37.011;
63	63	(B) the student was placed in a disciplinary
64	64	alternative education program; or
65	65	(C) the student was not placed in a juvenile
66	66	justice or other disciplinary alternative education program; and
67	67	(6) [(5)] the number of expulsions that were
68	68	inconsistent with the guidelines included in the student code of
69	69	conduct under Section 37.001(a)(5).
70	70	(d) For each circumstance in which a student engages in
71	71	conduct for which the student is subject to expulsion under Section
72	72	37.007(a), (d), or (e), but in which the district does not expel the
73	73	student because the student's incarceration or other circumstance
74	74	prevents the district from taking that action, the district shall
75	75	report information:
76	76	(1) identifying the student, including the student's
77	77	race, sex, and date of birth;
78	78	(2) indicating whether the student was enrolled in a
79	79	special education program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, at the
80	80	time of the conduct;
81	81	(3) describing the conduct in which the student
82	82	engaged; and
83	83	(4) specifying the incarceration or other disposition
84	84	that resulted from the student's conduct.
85	85	SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010
86	86	school year.
87	87	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
88	88	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
89	89	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
90	90	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
91	91	Act takes effect September 1, 2009.