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1 | 1 | 84R5444 MK-D | |
2 | 2 | By: Huberty H.B. No. 929 | |
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5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
7 | 7 | relating to exclusion of certain public school student disciplinary | |
8 | 8 | actions from reports required by state or federal law. | |
9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 37.002, Education Code, is amended by | |
11 | 11 | adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | |
12 | 12 | (e) A student who is sent to the principal's office under | |
13 | 13 | Subsection (a) is not considered to have been removed from the | |
14 | 14 | classroom for the purposes of reporting data through the Public | |
15 | 15 | Education Information Management System (PEIMS) or other similar | |
16 | 16 | reports required by state or federal law. | |
17 | 17 | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016 | |
18 | 18 | school year. | |
19 | 19 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
20 | 20 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
21 | 21 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
22 | 22 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
23 | 23 | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |