By: Davis S.B. No. 1304
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to school district reports concerning corporal punishment
and the issuance of citations by a peace officer.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 37.0011, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) A school district in which corporal punishment is
permitted as a method of student discipline shall report in each
district Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS)
submission each instance during the period covered by the
submission in which a district student is subject to the use of
corporal punishment. The report:
(1) must include for each instance information
identifying:
(A) the age of the student;
(B) the sex of the student;
(C) the race or ethnicity of the student; and
(D) whether the student is eligible for special
education services under Section 29.003;
(2) must comply with the Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g); and
(3) may not include personally identifiable student
information.
SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 37, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 37.0811 to read as follows:
Sec. 37.0811. REPORT REGARDING CITATIONS ON CAMPUS.
(a) In this section, "citation" means a ticket issued for a Class C
misdemeanor.
(b) The commissioner shall adopt rules requiring a school
district to report to the agency information relating to the
issuance of citations by a peace officer to students on a district
campus. The agency shall collect the reports required under this
section, compile the data, and make the data available to the
public.
SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014
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, 2013.