83R7210 JSL-D
By: Davis S.B. No. 1304
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a requirement for school districts to report
disciplinary actions to the commissioner of education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 37, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 37.0201 to read as follows:
Sec. 37.0201. ADDITIONAL REPORTS RELATING TO DISCIPLINARY
ACTIONS. (a) In addition to the reports required under Section
37.020, a school district shall submit to the commissioner a report
that contains each instance in which a student is subject to the
following disciplinary actions in the district:
(1) the use of corporal punishment as provided by
Section 37.0011;
(2) removal from class under Section 37.002;
(3) the use of restraint or time-out under Section
37.0021;
(4) placement in an in-school suspension setting;
(5) suspension from school;
(6) placement in a disciplinary alternative education
setting;
(7) expulsion from school; and
(8) placement in a juvenile justice alternative
education program.
(b) For each instance in which a student is subject to a
disciplinary action under Subsection (a), the report must include
information identifying:
(1) the age of the student;
(2) the sex of the student;
(3) the race or ethnicity of the student; and
(4) whether the student is eligible for special
education services under Section 29.003.
(c) A report required under this section may not include
personally identifiable student information and must comply with
the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C.
Section 1232g).
(d) Each school district shall submit the report required by
this section annually in a manner determined by the commissioner.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014
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, 2013.