Bill Text: TX HB65 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to reporting information regarding public school disciplinary actions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB65 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB65-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 65 |
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relating to reporting information regarding public school | ||
disciplinary actions. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 37.020, Education Code, | ||
is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 37.020. REPORTS RELATING TO OUT-OF-SCHOOL | ||
SUSPENSIONS, EXPULSIONS, AND DISCIPLINARY ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION | ||
PROGRAM PLACEMENTS. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 37.020, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: | ||
(f) For each out-of-school suspension under Section 37.005, | ||
the district shall report: | ||
(1) information identifying the student, including | ||
the student's race, sex, and date of birth, that will enable the | ||
agency to compare placement data with information collected through | ||
other reports; | ||
(2) information indicating the basis for the | ||
suspension; | ||
(3) the number of full or partial days the student was | ||
suspended; and | ||
(4) the number of out-of-school suspensions that were | ||
inconsistent with the guidelines included in the student code of | ||
conduct under Section 37.001(a)(3). | ||
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. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 65 was passed by the House on April | ||
10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 128, Nays 12, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 65 was passed by the Senate on May 15, | ||
2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |