By: White, Wu (Senate Sponsor - Watson) H.B. No. 692
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 11, 2019;
April 15, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
Administration; May 9, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0;
May 9, 2019, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 692 By: Huffman
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the suspension of a student who is homeless from public
school.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 37.005, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may
not place a student who is homeless in out-of-school suspension
unless the student engages in conduct described by Subsections
(c)(1)-(3) while on school property or while attending a
school-sponsored or school-related activity on or off of school
property. The campus behavior coordinator may coordinate with the
school district's homeless education liaison to identify
appropriate alternatives to out-of-school suspension for a student
who is homeless. In this subsection, "student who is homeless" has
the meaning assigned to the term "homeless children and youths"
under 42 U.S.C. Section 11434a.
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.
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