By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 33
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to school district requirements regarding parental
notification and documentation in connection with disciplinary
alternative education programs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 37.008, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (l-1) to read as follows:
(l-1) A school district shall provide the parents of a
student removed to a disciplinary alternative education program
with written notice of the district's obligation under Subsection
(l) to provide the student with an opportunity to complete
coursework required for graduation. The notice must:
(1) include information regarding all methods
available for completing the coursework; and
(2) state that the methods are available at no cost to
the student.
SECTION 2. Section 37.009, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) A school principal or other appropriate administrator
shall prepare and maintain documentation regarding each conference
held under Subsection (a). The documentation must:
(1) indicate the date and time the conference was
held;
(2) identify:
(A) each person who attended the conference by
name and profession; and
(B) each person who failed to attend the
conference after being requested to attend, including the reason
for the failure to attend, if known; and
(3) state the outcome of the conference.
SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010
school year.
SECTION 4. 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.