Bill Text: TX SB1451 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to the ability of public school teachers to maintain student discipline without being subjected to adverse employment consequences.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective immediately [SB1451 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1451-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to the ability of public school teachers to maintain student discipline without being subjected to adverse employment consequences.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective immediately [SB1451 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1451-Comm_Sub.html
By: Taylor, et al. | S.B. No. 1451 | |
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relating to the ability of public school teachers to maintain | ||
student discipline without being subjected to adverse employment | ||
consequences. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 21.351, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
(a-1) In adopting criteria described by Subsection (a)(1), | ||
the commissioner shall ensure that a teacher may not be assigned an | ||
area of deficiency in an appraisal solely on the basis of | ||
disciplinary referrals made by the teacher or documentation | ||
regarding student conduct submitted by the teacher under Section | ||
37.002. This subsection does not prohibit a teacher from being | ||
assigned an area of deficiency based on documented evidence of a | ||
deficiency in classroom management obtained through observation or | ||
a substantiated report. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 21.352, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
(a-1) A school district may not assign an area of deficiency | ||
to a teacher solely on the basis of disciplinary referrals made by | ||
the teacher or documentation regarding student conduct submitted by | ||
the teacher under Section 37.002. This subsection does not | ||
prohibit a teacher from being assigned an area of deficiency based | ||
on documented evidence of a deficiency in classroom management | ||
obtained through observation or a substantiated report. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 37.002, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: | ||
(b-1) A teacher may document any conduct by a student that | ||
does not conform to the student code of conduct adopted under | ||
Section 37.001 and may submit that documentation to the principal. | ||
A school district may not discipline a teacher on the basis of | ||
documentation submitted under this subsection. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 | ||
school year. | ||
SECTION 5. 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. |