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Texas Education Code - Chapter 37 Discipline; Law And OrderLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Education Code > Texas Education Code - Chapter 37 Discipline; Law And Order Sponsored Links(a) The board of trustees of an independent school district shall, with the advice of its district-level committee established under Subchapter F, Chapter 11, adopt ... (a) A teacher may send a student to the principal's office to maintain effective discipline in the classroom. The principal shall respond by employing appropriate ... (a) It is the policy of this state to treat with dignity and respect all students, including students with disabilities who receive special education services ... (a) Each school shall establish a three-member committee to determine placement of a student when a teacher refuses the return of a student to the ... (a) The placement of a student with a disability who receives special education services may be made only by a duly constituted admission, review, and ... (a) The principal or other appropriate administrator may suspend a student who engages in conduct identified in the student code of conduct adopted under Section ... (a) As provided by Section 25.0341(b)(2), a student shall be removed from class and placed in a disciplinary alternative education program under Section 37.008 or ... (a) A student shall be removed from class and placed in a disciplinary alternative education program as provided by Section 37.008 if the student: (1) ... A school district that provides education services to pre-adjudicated and post-adjudicated students who are confined by court order in a juvenile residential facility operated by ... (a) A student shall be expelled from a school if the student, on school property or while attending a school-sponsored or school-related activity on or ... (a) Each school district shall provide a disciplinary alternative education program that: (1) is provided in a setting other than a student's regular classroom; (2) ... (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, the board of trustees of a school district, or the board's designee, after an opportunity for a ... (a) Not later than the third class day after the day on which a student is removed from class by the teacher under Section 37.002(b) ... (a) A noncustodial parent may request in writing that a school district or school, for the remainder of the school year in which the request ... (a) Not later than the second business day after the date a hearing is held under Section 37.009, the board of trustees of a school ... (a) The juvenile board of a county with a population greater than 125,000 shall develop a juvenile justice alternative education program, subject to the approval ... (a) Subject to Section 37.011(n), the school district in which a student is enrolled on the date the student is expelled for conduct for which ... The board of trustees of the school district or the board's designee shall at the call of the president of the board of trustees regularly ... Each school district shall appoint at least one educator to act as liaison officer for court-related children who are enrolled in the district. The liaison ... (a) The principal of a public or private primary or secondary school, or a person designated by the principal under Subsection (d), shall notify any ... A teacher, school administrator, or school employee is not liable in civil damages for reporting to a school administrator or governmental authority, in the exercise ... Information received by a school district under Article 15.27, Code of Criminal Procedure, may not be attached to the permanent academic file of the student ... Each school district shall provide each teacher and administrator with a copy of this subchapter and with a copy of the local policy relating to ... (a) This subchapter does not prevent the principal or the principal's designee from ordering the immediate placement of a student in a disciplinary alternative education ... (a) In the manner required by the commissioner, each school district shall annually report to the commissioner the information required by this section. (b) For ... (a) If a school district removes a student from the regular classroom and places the student in in-school suspension or another setting other than a ... (a) In this section: (1) "Disciplinary action" means a suspension, expulsion, placement in an alternative education program, or other limitation in enrollment eligibility of a ... Each school district may establish a school-community guidance center designed to locate and assist children with problems that interfere with education, including juvenile offenders and ... The board of trustees of a school district may develop cooperative programs with state youth agencies for children found to have engaged in delinquent conduct. ... (a) Each governmental agency that is concerned with children and that has jurisdiction in the school district shall cooperate with the school-community guidance centers on ... (a) Before a student is admitted to a school-community guidance center, the administrator of the center must notify the student's parent or guardian that the ... (a) On admitting a student to a school-community guidance center, a representative of the school district, the student, and the student's parent shall develop an ... (a) In this section, "court" means a juvenile court or alternate juvenile court designated under Chapter 51, Family Code. The court may delegate responsibility under ... (a) The board of trustees of any school district may employ security personnel and may commission peace officers to carry out this subchapter. If a ... (a) The board of trustees of a school district may adopt a policy prohibiting a student from possessing a paging device while on school property ... (a) Each school district shall adopt and implement a discipline management program to be included in the district improvement plan under Section 11.252. The program ... (a) A school district superintendent or the superintendent's designee may disclose information contained in a student's educational records to a juvenile justice agency, as that ... The criminal laws of the state apply in the areas under the control and jurisdiction of the board of trustees of any school district in ... (a) The board of trustees of a school district may adopt rules for the safety and welfare of students, employees, and property and other rules ... Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, the board of trustees of a school district may authorize any officer commissioned by the board to enforce ... The judge of a municipal court of a municipality in which, or any justice of the peace of a county in which, property under the ... The board of trustees of a school district or its authorized representative may refuse to allow a person without legitimate business to enter on property ... The board of trustees of a school district may provide for the issuance and use of suitable vehicle identification insignia. The board may bar or ... An unauthorized person who trespasses on the grounds of any school district of this state commits an offense. An offense under this section is a ... (a) Each school district shall adopt and implement a multihazard emergency operations plan for use in district schools. The plan must address mitigation, preparedness, response, ... (a) A person commits an offense if the person: (1) is a member of, pledges to become a member of, joins, or solicits another person ... (a) A person commits an offense if the person possesses an intoxicating beverage for consumption, sale, or distribution while: (1) on the grounds or in ... (a) A person commits an offense if the person, alone or in concert with others, intentionally engages in disruptive activity on the campus or property ... (a) A person commits an offense if the person, on school property or on public property within 500 feet of school property, alone or in ... (a) A person commits an offense if the person, by exhibiting, using, or threatening to exhibit or use a firearm, interferes with the normal use ... (a) Except as provided by Section 37.125, a person commits an offense if the person intentionally disrupts, prevents, or interferes with the lawful transportation of ... In this subchapter: (1) "Educational institution" includes a public or private high school. (2) "Pledge" means any person who has been accepted by, is considering ... (a) A person commits an offense if the person: (1) engages in hazing; (2) solicits, encourages, directs, aids, or attempts to aid another in engaging ... (a) An organization commits an offense if the organization condones or encourages hazing or if an officer or any combination of members, pledges, or alumni ... It is not a defense to prosecution of an offense under this subchapter that the person against whom the hazing was directed consented to or ... In the prosecution of an offense under this subchapter, the court may grant immunity from prosecution for the offense to each person who is subpoenaed ... This subchapter does not affect or repeal any penal law of this state. This subchapter does not limit or affect the right of an educational ... A doctor or other medical practitioner who treats a student who may have been subjected to hazing activities: (1) may report the suspected hazing activities ... In this subchapter, "center" means the Texas School Safety Center. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 923, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001. ... The purpose of the center is to serve as: (1) a central location for school safety information, including research, training, and technical assistance related to ... (a) The center is advised by a board of directors composed of: (1) the attorney general, or the attorney general's designee; (2) the commissioner, or ... (a) The board shall annually elect from among its members a chairperson and a vice chairperson. (b) The board shall meet at least four times ... The center shall conduct for school districts a safety training program that includes: (1) development of a positive school environment and proactive safety measures designed ... The center shall develop security criteria that school districts may consider in the design of instructional facilities. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 780, ... The center shall develop a model safety and security audit procedure for use by school districts that includes: (1) providing each district with guidelines and ... On request of a school district, the center may provide on-site technical assistance to the district for: (1) school safety and security audits; and (2) ... The center shall develop and maintain an interactive Internet website that includes: (1) quarterly news updates related to school safety and violence prevention; (2) school ... The center shall sponsor a student essay contest entitled "Charting the Course for School Safety." Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 923, § 1, ... The center shall provide for the public recognition of schools that implement effective school safety measures and violence prevention. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ... The center shall promote cooperation between state agencies, institutions of higher education, and any local juvenile delinquency prevention councils to address discipline and safety issues ... The center may solicit and accept gifts, grants, and donations from public and private entities to use for the purposes of this subchapter. Added by ... (a) The board shall annually approve a budget for the center. (b) The center shall biannually prepare a budget request for submission to the legislature. ... (a) Not later than September 1 of each year, the board shall provide a report to the governor, the legislature, the State Board of Education, ... Last modified: August 11, 2007 |