86R7869 KJE-D
By: Talarico H.B. No. 3012
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring the provision of instruction to public school
students subject to in-school or out-of-school suspension.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 37.005, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) A school district shall provide to a student during the
period of the student's suspension under this section, regardless
of whether the student is placed in in-school or out-of-school
suspension, an alternative means of receiving all instruction
provided in the classes the student misses as a result of the
suspension. The district must provide at least one option for
receiving the instruction that does not require the use of the
Internet.
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.