82R5317 VOO-D By: Gallegos S.B. No. 678 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to a school district policy regarding the removal of a student from a public school teacher's classroom. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 37.002, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: (e) The board of trustees of a school district shall adopt a policy that prohibits the district from taking adverse personnel action against a teacher in retaliation for the teacher's removal of a student from a classroom if the removal is in accordance with this section. 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.