Three-day limit for out-of-school only. In-school gets no time limit.
The bill changes the school suspension law so the three-school-day limit applies only to out-of-school suspensions. In-school suspensions are made explicitly not subject to any time limit. Principals and administrators can keep students in in-school suspension for as long as they choose, starting with the 2025-2026 school year.
Labels
Labels: GOT HALFWAY. Passed the Senate on Apr 16, 2025. Died in the House: never got out of the Public Education committee.
relating to students enrolled in public schools subject to
in-school or out-of-school suspension.
WHAT IT DOES
Three-day limit for out-of-school only. In-school gets no time limit.
The bill changes the school suspension law so the three-school-day limit applies only to out-of-school suspensions. In-school suspensions are made explicitly not subject to any time limit. Principals and administrators can keep students in in-school suspension for as long as they choose, starting with the 2025-2026 school year.
CHARGES
[ ] NONE FOUND
TOTAL
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
Names were not printed for yea. Only the named positions are included in member records.
The journal row lists three votes in order: passage to engrossment, suspension of the three-day rule, and final passage. This entry records final passage. Repeated tallies belong to separate votes.
Sources
CSSB 1873 (Perry, Sparks) Relating to students enrolled in public schools subject to in-school or out-of-school suspension. (viva voce vote) (29-2) "Nays" Cook, Eckhardt (29-2) "Nays" Cook, Eckhardt
Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.
Yea: 29 (published)
Nay: 2 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed
Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
Names were not printed for yea. Only the named positions are included in member records.
The journal row lists three votes in order: passage to engrossment, suspension of the three-day rule, and final passage. This entry records suspension of the three-day rule. Repeated tallies belong to separate votes.
Sources
CSSB 1873 (Perry, Sparks) Relating to students enrolled in public schools subject to in-school or out-of-school suspension. (viva voce vote) (29-2) "Nays" Cook, Eckhardt (29-2) "Nays" Cook, Eckhardt
Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.
Yea: 29 (published)
Nay: 2 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed
Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.
The journal row lists three votes in order: passage to engrossment, suspension of the three-day rule, and final passage. This entry records passage to engrossment. Repeated tallies belong to separate votes.
Voice vote. No numeric tally or individual yeas are inferred.
Sources
CSSB 1873 (Perry, Sparks) Relating to students enrolled in public schools subject to in-school or out-of-school suspension. (viva voce vote) (29-2) "Nays" Cook, Eckhardt (29-2) "Nays" Cook, Eckhardt
Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.
Yea: Not printed
Nay: Not printed
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed
Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
Witnesses18
For
6
Against
8
On
4
Names
For
Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE)1 registration
Self; Grandview ISD1 registration
Self; Lubbock County Juvenile Justice Center1 registration
Texas Association of Community Schools1 registration
Texas Association of School Administrators1 registration
Texas Association of School Boards1 registration
Against
(IDRA) Intercultural Development Research Association1 registration
Coalition of Texans with Disabilities1 registration
Disability Rights Texas1 registration
Self2 registrations
Self; Texas AFT1 registration
Self; Texas Association of School Psychologists1 registration
Self; Texas center for justice & equity1 registration
On
TEA1 registration
Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education (TCASE)1 registration
Texas Education Agency1 registration
Texas Juvenile Justice Department1 registration
Sources
18 parsed registrations across the loaded witness lists.
Derived stock of witness registrations. Repeated appearances count separately. Organizations and self-representation appear as printed.
89R4996 BCH-F
By: Perry, Sparks
S.B. No. 1873
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to students enrolled in public schools subject to
in-school or out-of-school suspension.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 37.005(a) and (b), Education Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(a) The principal or other appropriate administrator may
suspend a student who engages in conduct identified in the student
code of conduct adopted under Section 37.001 as conduct for which a
student may be subject to an in-school or out-of-school suspension
[ suspended ].
(b) An out-of-school [ A ] suspension under this section may
not exceed three school days. An in-school suspension under this
section is not subject to any time limit.
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.
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