| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Filed February 22, 2019; March 1, 2019, |
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| 3 | | - | read first time and referred to Committee on Education; |
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| 4 | | - | April 4, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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| 5 | | - | Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; April 4, 2019, |
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| 6 | | - | sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 8 | | - | COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1001 By: Watson |
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| 18 | | - | (d) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may |
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| 19 | | - | not place a student who is homeless in out-of-school suspension |
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| 20 | | - | unless the student engages in conduct described by Subsections |
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| 21 | | - | (c)(1)-(3) while on school property or while attending a |
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| 22 | | - | school-sponsored or school-related activity on or off of school |
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| 23 | | - | property. The campus behavior coordinator may coordinate with the |
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| 24 | | - | school district's homeless education liaison to identify |
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| 25 | | - | appropriate alternatives to out-of-school suspension for a student |
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| 26 | | - | who is homeless. In this subsection, "student who is homeless" has |
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| 27 | | - | the meaning assigned to the term "homeless children and youths" |
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| 28 | | - | under 42 U.S.C. Section 11434a. |
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| 12 | + | (d) A student who is homeless may not be placed in |
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| 13 | + | out-of-school suspension. The campus behavior coordinator may |
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| 14 | + | coordinate with the school district's homeless education liaison to |
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| 15 | + | identify appropriate alternatives to out-of-school suspension for |
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| 16 | + | a student who is homeless. In this subsection, "student who is |
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| 17 | + | homeless" has the meaning assigned to the term "homeless children |
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| 18 | + | and youths" under 42 U.S.C. Section 11434a. |
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| 29 | 19 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 |
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| 30 | 20 | | school year. |
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| 31 | 21 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 32 | 22 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 33 | 23 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 34 | 24 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 35 | 25 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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