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| 1 | + | 85R12007 PAM-D | |
| 1 | 2 | By: Miles S.B. No. 1801 | |
| 2 | - | (In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2017; March 23, 2017, read | |
| 3 | - | first time and referred to Committee on Education; May 9, 2017, | |
| 4 | - | reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the | |
| 5 | - | following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 3; May 9, 2017, sent to printer.) | |
| 6 | - | Click here to see the committee vote | |
| 7 | - | COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1801 By: West | |
| 8 | 3 | ||
| 9 | 4 | ||
| 10 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 11 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 12 | 7 | relating to reporting and disseminating information regarding | |
| 13 | 8 | public school disciplinary actions. | |
| 14 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 15 | 10 | SECTION 1. The heading to Section 37.020, Education Code, | |
| 16 | 11 | is amended to read as follows: | |
| 17 | 12 | Sec. 37.020. REPORTS RELATING TO SUSPENSIONS, EXPULSIONS, | |
| 18 | 13 | AND DISCIPLINARY ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM PLACEMENTS. | |
| 19 | 14 | SECTION 2. Section 37.020, Education Code, is amended by | |
| 20 | 15 | adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows: | |
| 21 | 16 | (d) For each suspension under Section 37.005, the district | |
| 22 | 17 | shall report: | |
| 23 | 18 | (1) information identifying the student, including | |
| 24 | - | the student's race, sex, and date of birth and whether the student | |
| 25 | - | is in a special education program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, or | |
| 26 | - | covered by Section 504, Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. | |
| 27 | - | Section 794), that will enable the agency to compare placement data | |
| 28 | - | with information collected through other reports; | |
| 19 | + | the student's race, sex, and date of birth, that will enable the | |
| 20 | + | agency to compare placement data with information collected through | |
| 21 | + | other reports; | |
| 29 | 22 | (2) information indicating the basis for the | |
| 30 | 23 | suspension; | |
| 31 | 24 | (3) the number of full or partial days the student was | |
| 32 | 25 | suspended; and | |
| 33 | 26 | (4) the number of suspensions that were inconsistent | |
| 34 | 27 | with the guidelines included in the student code of conduct under | |
| 35 | 28 | Section 37.001(a)(3). | |
| 36 | 29 | (e) The agency shall make information collected under this | |
| 37 | - | section, disaggregated by race, sex, and age of the student and | |
| 38 | - | whether the student is in a special education program under | |
| 39 | - | Subchapter A, Chapter 29, or covered by Section 504, Rehabilitation | |
| 40 | - | Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. Section 794), available to the public in a | |
| 41 | - | manner that does not identify an individual student. The agency | |
| 42 | - | shall also make the information available to the public in a manner | |
| 43 | - | showing all intersectional data for the categories described by | |
| 44 | - | this subsection. | |
| 30 | + | section, disaggregated by race, sex, and age of the student, | |
| 31 | + | available to the public in a manner that does not identify an | |
| 32 | + | individual student. | |
| 45 | 33 | SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 | |
| 46 | 34 | school year. | |
| 47 | 35 | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 48 | 36 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 49 | 37 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 50 | 38 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 51 | 39 | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | |
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