89R4239 JDK-F
By: Allen H.B. No. 2292
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to prohibiting certain releases of a student to the
student's parent after school-initiated communication by a school
district or open-enrollment charter school.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 25, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 25.0875 to read as follows:
Sec. 25.0875. CERTAIN RELEASES OF STUDENT TO PARENT AFTER
SCHOOL-INITIATED COMMUNICATION PROHIBITED. (a) In this section,
"parent" includes a person standing in parental relation.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a school district
or open-enrollment charter school may not release a student to the
student's parent before the end of the instructional day and after
the parent receives a school-initiated communication if the release
of the student is:
(1) a discipline management technique; or
(2) a reaction to the student's behavior that impedes
the student's ability to learn but does not:
(A) violate the student code of conduct under
Section 37.001; or
(B) require the student's teacher to remove the
student under Section 37.002.
(c) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may
release a student to the student's parent before the end of the
instructional day if the student's release occurs because the
student is:
(1) suspended under Section 37.005; or
(2) expelled under Section 37.0052, 37.007, or
37.0081.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026
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, 2025.