Bill Text: TX SB2106 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to including referral of a student to a restorative justice or discipline program as part of a school district's system of graduated sanctions for certain school offenses.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-21 - Referred to Education [SB2106 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB2106-Introduced.html
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| By: Zaffirini | S.B. No. 2106 | |
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| relating to including referral of a student to a restorative | ||
| justice or discipline program as part of a school district's system | ||
| of graduated sanctions for certain school offenses. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 37.144, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (a) A school district that commissions peace officers under | ||
| Section 37.081 may develop a system of graduated sanctions that the | ||
| school district may require to be imposed on a child before a | ||
| complaint is filed under Section 37.145 against the child for a | ||
| school offense that is an offense under Section 37.124 or 37.126 or | ||
| under Section 42.01(a)(1), (2), (3), (4), or (5), Penal Code. A | ||
| system adopted under this section must include multiple graduated | ||
| sanctions. The system may require: | ||
| (1) a warning letter to be issued to the child and the | ||
| child's parent or guardian that specifically states the child's | ||
| alleged school offense and explains the consequences if the child | ||
| engages in additional misconduct; | ||
| (2) a behavior contract with the child that must be | ||
| signed by the child, the child's parent or guardian, and an employee | ||
| of the school and that includes a specific description of the | ||
| behavior that is required or prohibited for the child and the | ||
| penalties for additional alleged school offenses, including | ||
| additional disciplinary action or the filing of a complaint in a | ||
| criminal court; | ||
| (3) the performance of school-based community service | ||
| by the child; and | ||
| (4) the referral of the child to counseling, | ||
| community-based services, restorative justice or discipline | ||
| programs, or other in-school or out-of-school services aimed at | ||
| addressing the child's behavioral problems. | ||
| (c) In this section, "restorative justice or discipline | ||
| program" includes a program that addresses student behavior by | ||
| building relationships and encouraging belonging over exclusion, | ||
| social engagement over control, and meaningful accountability over | ||
| punishment. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 | ||
| 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, 2019. | ||
