86R3565 MP-D
By: Allison H.B. No. 3219
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the discipline and behavior management of a public
school student.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 37.0012, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
(g) If a student violates the student code of conduct
adopted under Section 37.001, the campus behavior coordinator may:
(1) create a behavior contract for the student stating
that appropriate disciplinary action may be taken against the
student as provided by the student code of conduct if the student
continues to engage in the violative behavior; and
(2) require the student and the student's parent or
guardian to sign the contract as a condition of not taking immediate
disciplinary action against the student.
SECTION 2. Section 37.008(a), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) Each school district shall provide a disciplinary
alternative education program that:
(1) is provided in a setting other than a student's
regular classroom;
(2) is located on or off of a regular school campus;
(3) provides for the students who are assigned to the
disciplinary alternative education program to be separated from
students who are not assigned to the program;
(4) focuses on English language arts, mathematics,
science, history, and self-discipline;
(5) provides for students' educational and behavioral
needs, including by administering relevant behavioral assessments;
(6) provides supervision and counseling; and
(7) employs only teachers who meet all certification
requirements established under Subchapter B, Chapter 21.
SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020
school year.
SECTION 4. 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.