| 1 | 1 | | By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 33 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to school district requirements regarding parental |
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| 7 | 7 | | notification and documentation in connection with disciplinary |
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| 8 | 8 | | alternative education programs. |
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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 37.008, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 11 | 11 | | adding Subsection (l-1) to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (l-1) A school district shall provide the parents of a |
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| 13 | 13 | | student removed to a disciplinary alternative education program |
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| 14 | 14 | | with written notice of the district's obligation under Subsection |
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| 15 | 15 | | (l) to provide the student with an opportunity to complete |
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| 16 | 16 | | coursework required for graduation. The notice must: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) include information regarding all methods |
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| 18 | 18 | | available for completing the coursework; and |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) state that the methods are available at no cost to |
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| 20 | 20 | | the student. |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 2. Section 37.009, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 22 | 22 | | adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | (a-1) A school principal or other appropriate administrator |
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| 24 | 24 | | shall prepare and maintain documentation regarding each conference |
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| 25 | 25 | | held under Subsection (a). The documentation must: |
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| 26 | 26 | | (1) indicate the date and time the conference was |
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| 27 | 27 | | held; |
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| 28 | 28 | | (2) identify: |
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| 29 | 29 | | (A) each person who attended the conference by |
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| 30 | 30 | | name and profession; and |
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| 31 | 31 | | (B) each person who failed to attend the |
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| 32 | 32 | | conference after being requested to attend, including the reason |
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| 33 | 33 | | for the failure to attend, if known; and |
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| 34 | 34 | | (3) state the outcome of the conference. |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010 |
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| 36 | 36 | | school year. |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 38 | 38 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 39 | 39 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 40 | 40 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 41 | 41 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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