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SB 806

AN ACT relating to enrolling a public school student in a virtual

Senate Bill • Hughes
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89th Regular Session

Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended

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What This Bill Does

relating to enrolling a public school student in a virtual

Subject Areas

Education--Primary & Secondary--Virtual Education Education--Primary & Secondary--Discipline Education--Primary & Secondary--Admission & Attendance

Bill Text

relating to enrolling a public school student in a virtual
education program as an alternative to expulsion.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 37, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 37.0071 to read as follows:
Sec. 37.0071.  VIRTUAL EDUCATION AS ALTERNATIVE TO
EXPULSION.  (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 as an alternative to
expulsion the appropriateness and feasibility of enrolling the
student in a full-time virtual education program through the state
virtual school network under Chapter 30A or another virtual
education program authorized by this code.
(b)  Subsection (a) does not apply to a student expelled
under Section 37.007(a), (d), or (e) or 37.0081.
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.

Bill History

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Bill filed: AN ACT relating to enrolling a public school student in a virtual

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