82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 968, Chapter Page: 2 of 8
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H.B. No. 968
1 conduct defined as:
2 (A) a felony offense in Title 5, Penal Code or
3 (B) the felony offense of aqqravated robbery
4 under Section 29.03, Penal Code.
5 (d) In addition to Subsections (a), (b), and (c), a student
6 may be removed from class and placed in a disciplinary alternative
7 education program under Section 37.008 based on conduct occurring
8 off campus and while the student is not in attendance at a
9 school-sponsored or school-related activity if:
10 (1) the superintendent or the superintendent's
11 designee has a reasonable belief that the student has engaged in
12 conduct defined as a felony offense other than aggravated robbery
13 under Section 29.03, Penal Code, or those offenses defined in Title
14 5, Penal Code; and
15 (2) the continued presence of the student in the
16 regular classroom threatens the safety of other students or
17 teachers or will be detrimental to the educational process.
18 SECTION 2. Section 37.007(c), Education Code, is amended to
19 read as follows:
20 (c) A student may be expelled if the student, while placed
21 in a disciplinary [an] alternative education program, engages [f-e
22 icry o , e . a-nag] in documented serious
23 [o.--per-zt-n - ] misbehavior while on the program campus despite
24 documented behavioral interventions [ta i-a- c cic- 'z. _ -
25 Ftcntco o coductoi ^ ^ .- ]. For purposes of this subsection,
26 "serious misbehavior" means:
27 (1) deliberate violent behavior that poses a direct
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. 82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 968, Chapter, legislative document, June 17, 2011; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth311702/m1/2/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.