HBA-MPM H.B. 1178 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 1178
By: Longoria
Public Education
3/25/1999
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Current law allows students who have been expelled from one school district
to enroll in another. H.B. 1178 requires a district to continue the
expulsion of a student who has previously been expelled from another
district.  

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 37.010(g), Education Code, to require, rather
than authorize, a school district (district) to continue the expulsion of a
student who has previously been expelled from another school district.
Deletes text authorizing the district to place the student in an
alternative education program for the period specified by the expulsion
order, or to allow the student to attend regular classes without completing
the period of expulsion. 

SECTION 2.  Makes this Act prospective to the 1999-2000 school year.

SECTION 3.  Emergency clause.
  Effective date: upon passage.