HB 3025

relating to requiring parental consent for the use of corporal
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Section 37.0011, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (b), (c), and (d) and adding Subsection (e) to
(b)  If the board of trustees of an independent school
district adopts a policy under Section 37.001(a)(8) under which
corporal punishment is permitted as a method of student discipline,
a district educator may use corporal punishment to discipline a
student only if [unless] the student's parent or guardian or other
person having lawful control over the student has previously
provided [a] written, signed consent to [statement prohibiting] the
use of corporal punishment as a method of student discipline.
(c)  To provide consent for [prohibit] the use of corporal
punishment as a method of student discipline, [each school year] a
student's parent or guardian or other person having lawful control
over the student must provide [a] separate written, signed consent
[statement] to the board of trustees of the school district in the
manner established by the board.  Subject to Subsection (e),
consent under this subsection is effective until:
(1)  consent is revoked under Subsection (d); or
(2)  the student is no longer enrolled in the district.
(d)  The student's parent or guardian or other person having
lawful control over the student may revoke the consent [statement]
provided to the board of trustees under Subsection (c) at any time
during the school year by submitting a written, signed revocation
to the board in the manner established by the board.
(e)  The board of trustees of a school district may adopt
rules requiring a student's parent or guardian or other person
having lawful control over the student to renew the consent under
Subsection (c) each school year.
SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026
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.