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| 1 | 1 | 86R4609 SRS-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Bohac H.B. No. 1394 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to immunity from certain disciplinary proceedings for a | |
| 8 | 8 | teacher's justified use of physical force. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 22.0512(b), Education Code, is amended | |
| 11 | 11 | to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (b) In this section, "disciplinary proceeding" means: | |
| 13 | 13 | (1) an action brought by the school district employing | |
| 14 | 14 | a professional employee of a school district to discharge or | |
| 15 | 15 | suspend the employee or terminate or not renew the employee's term | |
| 16 | 16 | contract; or | |
| 17 | 17 | (2) an action brought by the State Board for Educator | |
| 18 | 18 | Certification [to enforce the educator's code of ethics adopted | |
| 19 | 19 | under Section 21.041(b)(8)]. | |
| 20 | 20 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 21 | 21 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 22 | 22 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 23 | 23 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 24 | 24 | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |