86R10935 TSS-D
By: Allison H.B. No. 2642
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to reporting the number of incidents of bullying and
cyberbullying in a school district and open-enrollment charter
school through the Public Education Information Management System.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 42.006, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-10) to read as follows:
(a-10) The commissioner by rule shall require each school
district and open-enrollment charter school to annually report
through the Public Education Information Management System the
number of reported incidents of bullying that have occurred at each
campus. The commissioner's rules shall require a district or
school to specify the number of incidents of bullying that included
cyberbullying. The agency shall maintain the information provided
in accordance with this subsection.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020
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, 2019.