Tex. Educ. Code § 37.0071 · Subchapter A. ALTERNATIVE SETTINGS FOR BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT
VIRTUAL EDUCATION AS ALTERNATIVE TO EXPULSION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), before a school district or open-enrollment charter school may expel a student, the district or school shall consider the appropriateness and feasibility of, as an alternative to expulsion, enrolling the student in a full-time hybrid program, full-time virtual program, full-time hybrid campus, or full-time virtual campus, as those terms are defined in Section 30B.001.
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a student expelled under Section 37.0081 or 37.007(a), (d), or (e).
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History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 5 (S.B. 569), Sec. 9, eff. May 6, 2025.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.37.htm
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