HBA-RBT H.B. 389 76(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 389 By: Tillery Public Education 3/23/1999 Introduced BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Currently, the board of trustees of an independent school district (board) is not required to consider whether a student was acting in self defense when making disciplinary decisions. H.B. 389 requires a board to take self-defense into account when it is warranted in making decisions regarding removal, transfer or suspension of a student. 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 37.001(a), Education Code, to require the board of trustees of an independent school district, if allowed by this subchapter and applicable to the facts, to take into account that a student was acting in self-defense before determining whether to remove the student from a classroom, campus, or alternative education program, transfer a student to an alternative education program, or suspend a student on the basis of the student's action. SECTION 2. Requires the board of trustees of each school district to ensure that the district's student code of conduct complies with this Act before the beginning of the 1999-2000 school year. SECTION 3. Emergency clause. Effective date: upon passage.