TITLE: Relating to a school district policy regarding the removal of a student from a public school teacher's classroom.

SUMMARY: Relating to a school district policy regarding the removal of a student from a public school teacher's classroom.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to a school district policy regarding the removal of a student from a public school teacher's classroom. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 37.002, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: (e) The board of trustees of a school district shall adopt a policy that prohibits the district from taking adverse personnel action against a teacher in retaliation for the teacher's removal of a student from a classroom if the removal is in accordance with this section. SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2011-2012 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.