By: Perry, et al. S.B. No. 1873
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. Section 37.005, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) 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. An in-school suspension under this
section is not subject to any time limit.
(b-1) A school's placement review committee shall review
the in-school suspension of a student under this section at least
once every fifteen school days after the date the suspension begins
to evaluate the educational progress of the student and to
determine if continued in-school suspension is appropriate. If the
placement review committee determines that continued in-school
suspension is appropriate, the committee shall document the
determination.
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.