Bill Text: TX HB1952 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to professional development training for certain public school personnel regarding student disciplinary procedures.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB1952 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1952-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 1952 | ||
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| relating to professional development training for certain public | ||
| school personnel regarding student disciplinary procedures. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 37, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 37.0181 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 37.0181. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT REGARDING | ||
| DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES. (a) Each principal or other appropriate | ||
| administrator who oversees student discipline shall, at least once | ||
| every three school years, attend professional development training | ||
| regarding this subchapter, including training relating to the | ||
| distinction between a discipline management technique used at the | ||
| principal's discretion under Section 37.002(a) and the | ||
| discretionary authority of a teacher to remove a disruptive student | ||
| under Section 37.002(b). | ||
| (b) Professional development training under this section | ||
| may be provided in coordination with regional education service | ||
| centers through the use of distance learning methods, such as | ||
| telecommunications networks, and using available agency resources. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014 | ||
| 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, 2013. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 1952 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 25, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 126, Nays 10, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 1952 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 15, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
