89R11699 BCH-D
By: Y. Davis of Dallas H.B. No. 2919
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the suspension of a public school student for engaging
in certain conduct against an employee or volunteer of a school
district.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 37.005, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (a-1), (a-2), and (b-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) The principal or other appropriate administrator
shall suspend a student who engages in conduct on or off school
property against any employee or volunteer in retaliation for or as
a result of the person's employment or association with a school
district that:
(1) contains the elements of an offense under Section
22.01(a)(1), Penal Code; or
(2) is otherwise deliberately violent and threatens
the health or safety of another.
(a-2) Subsection (b) does not apply to conduct described by
Subsection (a-1).
(b-1) Section 37.004 applies to any placement under this
section that would constitute a change in placement under federal
law of a student with a disability who receives special education
services.
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.