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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to staff development training for certain public school |
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administrators regarding student discipline management. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 37, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 37.0181 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 37.0181. STAFF DEVELOPMENT TRAINING FOR |
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ADMINISTRATORS REGARDING DISCIPLINE MANAGEMENT. (a) Each |
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principal or other appropriate administrator who oversees student |
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discipline shall, at least once every third school year, attend |
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staff development training regarding discipline management under |
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this subchapter, including training that provides information |
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relating to the distinction between a discipline management |
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technique used at the principal's discretion under Section |
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37.002(a) and the discretionary authority of a teacher to remove a |
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disruptive student under Section 37.002(b). |
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(b) Staff development training under this section may be |
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provided: |
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(1) in coordination with regional education service |
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centers through the use of distance learning methods, such as |
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telecommunications networks; or |
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(2) through the use of available agency resources. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2011-2012 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |