| 1 | | - | H.B. No. 65 |
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| 1 | + | By: E. Johnson of Dallas (Senate Sponsor - West) H.B. No. 65 |
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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 11, 2019; |
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| 3 | + | April 15, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | + | Education; May 10, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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| 5 | + | Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 10, 2019, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 4 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 11 | | relating to reporting information regarding public school |
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| 6 | 12 | | disciplinary actions. |
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| 7 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 14 | | SECTION 1. The heading to Section 37.020, Education Code, |
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| 9 | 15 | | is amended to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 16 | | Sec. 37.020. REPORTS RELATING TO OUT-OF-SCHOOL |
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| 11 | 17 | | SUSPENSIONS, EXPULSIONS, AND DISCIPLINARY ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION |
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| 12 | 18 | | PROGRAM PLACEMENTS. |
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| 13 | 19 | | SECTION 2. Section 37.020, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 14 | 20 | | adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 21 | | (f) For each out-of-school suspension under Section 37.005, |
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| 16 | 22 | | the district shall report: |
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| 17 | 23 | | (1) information identifying the student, including |
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| 18 | 24 | | the student's race, sex, and date of birth, that will enable the |
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| 19 | 25 | | agency to compare placement data with information collected through |
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| 20 | 26 | | other reports; |
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| 21 | 27 | | (2) information indicating the basis for the |
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| 22 | 28 | | suspension; |
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| 23 | 29 | | (3) the number of full or partial days the student was |
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| 24 | 30 | | suspended; and |
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| 25 | 31 | | (4) the number of out-of-school suspensions that were |
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| 26 | 32 | | inconsistent with the guidelines included in the student code of |
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| 27 | 33 | | conduct under Section 37.001(a)(3). |
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| 28 | 34 | | SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 |
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| 29 | 35 | | school year. |
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| 30 | 36 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 31 | 37 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 32 | 38 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 33 | 39 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 34 | 40 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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| 35 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 36 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 37 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 65 was passed by the House on April |
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| 38 | | - | 10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 128, Nays 12, 1 present, not |
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| 39 | | - | voting. |
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| 40 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 41 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 42 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 65 was passed by the Senate on May 15, |
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| 43 | | - | 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. |
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| 44 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 45 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 46 | | - | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 47 | | - | Date |
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| 48 | | - | _____________________ |
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| 49 | | - | Governor |
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| 41 | + | * * * * * |
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