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1		-	H.B. No. 3012
	1	+	By: Talarico, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 3012
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 2, 2019;
	3	+	May 3, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
	4	+	Education; May 17, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote:
	5	+	Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 17, 2019, sent to printer.)
	6	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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	9	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	10		AN ACT
5	11		relating to the disposition of certain students to alternative
6	12		education settings and the provision of educational services to
7	13		students in those settings or subject to in-school or out-of-school
8	14		suspension.
9	15		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	16		SECTION 1. Section 37.005, Education Code, is amended by
11	17		adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
12	18		(e) A school district shall provide to a student during the
13	19		period of the student's suspension under this section, regardless
14	20		of whether the student is placed in in-school or out-of-school
15	21		suspension, an alternative means of receiving all course work
16	22		provided in the classes in the foundation curriculum under Section
17	23		28.002(a)(1) that the student misses as a result of the suspension.
18	24		The district must provide at least one option for receiving the
19	25		course work that does not require the use of the Internet.
20	26		SECTION 2. Section 37.011(b), Education Code, is amended to
21	27		read as follows:
22	28		(b) If a student admitted into the public schools of a
23	29		school district under Section 25.001(b) is expelled from school for
24	30		conduct for which expulsion is required under Section 37.007(a),
25	31		(d), or (e), or for conduct that contains the elements of the
26		-	offense of terroristic threat ~~as described by~~ Section 22.07~~(c-1)~~,
27		-	~~(d), or (e), Penal Code, the~~ juvenile court, the juvenile board, or
28		-	~~the juvenile board's~~ designee, as appropriate, shall:
	32	+	offense of terroristic threat under Section 22.07, Penal Code, the
	33	+	juvenile court, the juvenile board, or the juvenile board's
	34	+	designee, as appropriate, shall:
29	35		(1) if the student is placed on probation under
30	36		Section 54.04, Family Code, order the student to attend the
31	37		juvenile justice alternative education program in the county in
32	38		which the student resides from the date of disposition as a
33	39		condition of probation, unless the child is placed in a
34	40		post-adjudication treatment facility;
35	41		(2) if the student is placed on deferred prosecution
36	42		under Section 53.03, Family Code, by the court, prosecutor, or
37	43		probation department, require the student to immediately attend the
38	44		juvenile justice alternative education program in the county in
39	45		which the student resides for a period not to exceed six months as a
40	46		condition of the deferred prosecution;
41	47		(3) in determining the conditions of the deferred
42	48		prosecution or court-ordered probation, consider the length of the
43	49		school district's expulsion order for the student; and
44	50		(4) provide timely educational services to the student
45	51		in the juvenile justice alternative education program in the county
46	52		in which the student resides, regardless of the student's age or
47	53		whether the juvenile court has jurisdiction over the student.
48	54		SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020
49	55		school year.
50	56		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
51	57		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
52	58		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
53	59		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
54	60		Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
55		-	______________________________ ______________________________
56		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
57		-	I certify that H.B. No. 3012 was passed by the House on May 2,
58		-	2019, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 3, 1 present, not
59		-	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
60		-	No. 3012 on May 24, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 7,
61		-	2 present, not voting.
62		-	______________________________
63		-	Chief Clerk of the House
64		-	I certify that H.B. No. 3012 was passed by the Senate, with
65		-	amendments, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
66		-	0.
67		-	______________________________
68		-	Secretary of the Senate
69		-	APPROVED: __________________
70		-	Date
71		-	__________________
72		-	Governor
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