Bill Text: TX HB3219 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the discipline and behavior management of a public school student.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-09 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB3219 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3219-Introduced.html
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By: Allison | H.B. No. 3219 |
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relating to the discipline and behavior management of a public | ||
school student. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 37.0012, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (g) to read as follows: | ||
(g) If a student violates the student code of conduct | ||
adopted under Section 37.001, the campus behavior coordinator may: | ||
(1) create a behavior contract for the student stating | ||
that appropriate disciplinary action may be taken against the | ||
student as provided by the student code of conduct if the student | ||
continues to engage in the violative behavior; and | ||
(2) require the student and the student's parent or | ||
guardian to sign the contract as a condition of not taking immediate | ||
disciplinary action against the student. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 37.008(a), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) Each school district shall provide a disciplinary | ||
alternative education program that: | ||
(1) is provided in a setting other than a student's | ||
regular classroom; | ||
(2) is located on or off of a regular school campus; | ||
(3) provides for the students who are assigned to the | ||
disciplinary alternative education program to be separated from | ||
students who are not assigned to the program; | ||
(4) focuses on English language arts, mathematics, | ||
science, history, and self-discipline; | ||
(5) provides for students' educational and behavioral | ||
needs, including by administering relevant behavioral assessments; | ||
(6) provides supervision and counseling; and | ||
(7) employs only teachers who meet all certification | ||
requirements established under Subchapter B, Chapter 21. | ||
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. |