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relating to prohibiting certain releases of a student to the
student's parent after school-initiated communication by a school
district or open-enrollment charter school.
The bill bars Texas public school districts and charter schools from calling a parent and sending a student home early as a discipline tactic, or because the student's behavior gets in the way of learning but does not break the code of conduct or require removal by the teacher. It touches students, parents, teachers and school administrators. Schools can still send a student home early only when the student is formally suspended or expelled under existing law, starting with the 2025-2026 school year.
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Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 773 (Did not pass) and this bill (Died in committee). Checked against 88R only.DO-OVER. Reworked text of a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 773 (Did not pass). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Jan 30, 2025 and referred to the House Public Education committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
relating to prohibiting certain releases of a student to the
student's parent after school-initiated communication by a school
district or open-enrollment charter school.
WHAT IT DOES
No calling a parent to send a student home early.
The bill bars Texas public school districts and charter schools from calling a parent and sending a student home early as a discipline tactic, or because the student's behavior gets in the way of learning but does not break the code of conduct or require removal by the teacher. It touches students, parents, teachers and school administrators. Schools can still send a student home early only when the student is formally suspended or expelled under existing law, starting with the 2025-2026 school year.
Last action, May 10, 2023: Placed on General State Calendar
Relating to prohibiting certain releases of a student to the student's parent after school-initiated communication by a school district or open-enrollment charter school.
Caption, 88R bill history
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Texas House · Filed Jan 30, 2025
03/14/2025 H Referred to Public Education: Mar 14 2025 2:36PM
89R4239 JDK-F
By: Allen
H.B. No. 2292
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to prohibiting certain releases of a student to the
student's parent after school-initiated communication by a school
district or open-enrollment charter school.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 25, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 25.0875 to read as follows:
Sec. 25.0875. CERTAIN RELEASES OF STUDENT TO PARENT AFTER
SCHOOL-INITIATED COMMUNICATION PROHIBITED. (a) In this section,
"parent" includes a person standing in parental relation.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a school district
or open-enrollment charter school may not release a student to the
student's parent before the end of the instructional day and after
the parent receives a school-initiated communication if the release
of the student is:
(1) a discipline management technique; or
(2) a reaction to the student's behavior that impedes
the student's ability to learn but does not:
(A) violate the student code of conduct under
Section 37.001; or
(B) require the student's teacher to remove the
student under Section 37.002.
(c) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may
release a student to the student's parent before the end of the
instructional day if the student's release occurs because the
student is:
(1) suspended under Section 37.005; or
(2) expelled under Section 37.0052, 37.007, or
37.0081.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026
school year.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2025.