86R25720 KJE-D
By: Talarico, Bernal H.B. No. 3012
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3012:
By: Bell of Kaufman C.S.H.B. No. 3012
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring the provision of course work 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 course work
provided in the classes in the foundation curriculum under Section
28.002(a)(1) that the student misses as a result of the suspension.
The district must provide at least one option for receiving the
course work 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.