Bill Text: TX HB223 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to acceptable conduct of students in kindergarten through grade five.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-10 - Referred to Public Education [HB223 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB223-Introduced.html
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| By: Guillen | H.B. No. 223 | |
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| relating to acceptable conduct of students in kindergarten through | ||
| grade five. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 37, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 37.0071 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 37.0071. ACCEPTABLE CONDUCT OF CERTAIN STUDENTS. (a) | ||
| A school district may not punish a student in kindergarten through | ||
| grade five for: | ||
| (1) brandishing a partially consumed pastry or other | ||
| food item to simulate a firearm or weapon; | ||
| (2) possessing a toy firearm or weapon that is two | ||
| inches or less in overall length; | ||
| (3) possessing a toy firearm or weapon made of plastic | ||
| snap-together building blocks; | ||
| (4) using a finger or hand to represent a firearm or | ||
| weapon; | ||
| (5) vocalizing an imaginary firearm or weapon; | ||
| (6) drawing a picture or possessing an image of a | ||
| firearm or weapon; or | ||
| (7) pretending a crayon, pencil, pen, or other writing | ||
| or drawing instrument is a firearm or weapon. | ||
| (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a student may be | ||
| subject to disciplinary action for simulating a firearm or weapon | ||
| if the student disrupts learning, causes bodily harm to another | ||
| person, or places another person in reasonable fear of bodily harm. | ||
| (c) Disciplinary action under Subsection (b) must be | ||
| proportionate to the severity of the behavior and consistent with | ||
| school district policies for similar behavior. If a student is | ||
| disciplined under Subsection (b), the school principal must notify | ||
| the student's parent or guardian of the student's behavior and the | ||
| discipline imposed. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016 | ||
| 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, 2015. | ||
