82R3174 CAS-F
By: Gallegos S.B. No. 345
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to staff development training for certain public school
administrators regarding student discipline management.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 37, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 37.0181 to read as follows:
Sec. 37.0181. STAFF DEVELOPMENT TRAINING FOR
ADMINISTRATORS REGARDING DISCIPLINE MANAGEMENT. (a) Each
principal or other appropriate administrator who oversees student
discipline shall, at least once every third school year, attend
staff development training regarding discipline management under
this subchapter, including training that provides information
relating to the distinction between a discipline management
technique used at the principal's discretion under Section
37.002(a) and the discretionary authority of a teacher to remove a
disruptive student under Section 37.002(b).
(b) Staff development training under this section may be
provided:
(1) in coordination with regional education service
centers through the use of distance learning methods, such as
telecommunications networks; or
(2) through the use of available agency resources.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2011-2012
school year.
SECTION 3. 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, 2011.