H.B. No. 65
AN ACT
relating to reporting information regarding public school
disciplinary actions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 37.020, Education Code,
is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 37.020. REPORTS RELATING TO OUT-OF-SCHOOL
SUSPENSIONS, EXPULSIONS, AND DISCIPLINARY ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION
PROGRAM PLACEMENTS.
SECTION 2. Section 37.020, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
(f) For each out-of-school suspension under Section 37.005,
the district shall report:
(1) information identifying the student, including
the student's race, sex, and date of birth, that will enable the
agency to compare placement data with information collected through
other reports;
(2) information indicating the basis for the
suspension;
(3) the number of full or partial days the student was
suspended; and
(4) the number of out-of-school suspensions that were
inconsistent with the guidelines included in the student code of
conduct under Section 37.001(a)(3).
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.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 65 was passed by the House on April
10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 128, Nays 12, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 65 was passed by the Senate on May 15,
2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor