HBA-PDH H.B. 482 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 482
By: Reyna, Arthur
Public Education
3/23/1999
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently, the suspension or expulsion of a student from a school district
and the student's placement in an alternative education program or juvenile
justice alternative program (alternative program) may result in a student
having no educational supervision if there is a lapse between the student's
expulsion or suspension by the school district and the student's start date
at the alternative program. H.B. 482 requires a school district to provide
supervision to a student during regular school hours until the student
begins an alternative program.  

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 37.008(h), Education Code, to require a school
district (district) proposing that a student attend an alternative
education program provide supervision until the alternative education
program begins.  Authorizes the district to supervise the student through
inschool suspension or another appropriate arrangement.     

SECTION 2.  Amends Section 37.011, Education Code, by adding Subsection
(r), to require a district expelling a student who may be required to
attend a juvenile justice alternative education program to provide
supervision until the juvenile justice alternative education program
begins. Authorizes the district to supervise the student through in-school
suspension or another appropriate arrangement. 

SECTION 3.Makes application prospective beginning with the 1999-2000 school
year. 

SECTION 4.  Emergency clause.
  Effective date: upon passage.