| 1 | 1 | | By: Thompson of Harris H.B. No. 1952 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (Senate Sponsor - Van de Putte) |
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| 3 | 3 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2013; |
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| 4 | 4 | | April 29, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 5 | 5 | | Education; May 8, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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| 6 | 6 | | Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 8, 2013, sent to printer.) |
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| 9 | 9 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 10 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 11 | | relating to professional development training for certain public |
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| 12 | 12 | | school personnel regarding student disciplinary procedures. |
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| 13 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 14 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 37, Education Code, is |
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| 15 | 15 | | amended by adding Section 37.0181 to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 16 | | Sec. 37.0181. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT REGARDING |
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| 17 | 17 | | DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES. (a) Each principal or other appropriate |
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| 18 | 18 | | administrator who oversees student discipline shall, at least once |
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| 19 | 19 | | every three school years, attend professional development training |
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| 20 | 20 | | regarding this subchapter, including training relating to the |
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| 21 | 21 | | distinction between a discipline management technique used at the |
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| 22 | 22 | | principal's discretion under Section 37.002(a) and the |
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| 23 | 23 | | discretionary authority of a teacher to remove a disruptive student |
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| 24 | 24 | | under Section 37.002(b). |
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| 25 | 25 | | (b) Professional development training under this section |
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| 26 | 26 | | may be provided in coordination with regional education service |
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| 27 | 27 | | centers through the use of distance learning methods, such as |
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| 28 | 28 | | telecommunications networks, and using available agency resources. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014 |
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| 30 | 30 | | school year. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 32 | 32 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 33 | 33 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 34 | 34 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 35 | 35 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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| 36 | 36 | | * * * * * |
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