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CHAPTER 443 H.B. No. 567
1 AN ACT
2 relating to the expulsion of a public school student who commits
3 certain criminal acts against another student.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
5 SECTION 1i. Section 37.007(b), Education Code, is amended to
6 read as follows:
7 (b) A student may be expelled if the student:
8 (1) engages in conduct involving a public school that
9 contains the elements of the offense of false alarm or report under
10 Section 42.06, Penal Code, or terroristic threat under Section
11 22.07, Penal Code; [e*]
12 (2) while on school property or while attending a
13 school-sponsored or school-related activity on or off of school
14 property:
15 (A) sells, gives, or delivers to another person
16 or possesses, uses, or is under the influence of any amount of:
17 (i) marihuana or a controlled substance, as
18 defined by Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, or by 21 U.S.C.
19 Section 801 et seq.;
20 (ii) a dangerous drug, as defined by
21 Chapter 483, Health and Safety Code; or
22 (iii) an alcoholic beverage, as defined by
23 Section 1.04, Alcoholic Beverage Code;
24 (B) engages in conduct that contains the elements