84R5444 MK-D
By: Huberty H.B. No. 929
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to exclusion of certain public school student disciplinary
actions from reports required by state or federal law.
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) A student who is sent to the principal's office under
Subsection (a) is not considered to have been removed from the
classroom for the purposes of reporting data through the Public
Education Information Management System (PEIMS) or other similar
reports required by state or federal law.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016
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, 2015.