By: Miles S.B. No. 1979
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to reporting and disseminating 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 SUSPENSIONS, EXPULSIONS,
AND DISCIPLINARY ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM PLACEMENTS.
SECTION 2. Section 37.020, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (f) and (g) to read as follows:
(f) For each suspension under Section 37.005, the district
shall report:
(1) information identifying the student, including
the student's race, sex, and date of birth and whether the student
is in a special education program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, or
covered by Section 504, Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C.
Section 794), 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 suspensions that were inconsistent
with the guidelines included in the student code of conduct under
Section 37.001(a)(3).
(g) The agency shall make information collected under this
section, disaggregated by race, sex, and age of the student and
whether the student is in a special education program under
Subchapter A, Chapter 29, or covered by Section 504, Rehabilitation
Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. Section 794), available to the public in a
manner that does not identify an individual student. The agency
shall also make the information available to the public in a manner
showing all intersectional data for the categories described by
this subsection.
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.