89R10716 BCH-F
By: Metcalf H.B. No. 2623
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to students enrolled in public schools subject to
in-school or out-of-school suspension.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 37.005(a) and (b), Education Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(a) The principal or other appropriate administrator may
suspend a student who engages in conduct identified in the student
code of conduct adopted under Section 37.001 as conduct for which a
student may be subject to an in-school or out-of-school suspension
[suspended].
(b) An out-of-school [A] suspension under this section may
not exceed three school days.
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.