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TX Educ Code § 33.902 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle F - Curriculum, Programs, and Services|Chapter 33 - Service Programs and Extracurricular Activities|Subchapter Z. Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 33.902. Public School Child Care

Sec. 33.902.  PUBLIC SCHOOL CHILD CARE.  (a)  In this section, "school-age students" means children enrolled as students in prekindergarten through grade 7.(b)  Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 8, Sec. 21(3), eff. September 28, 2011.(c)  Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 8, Sec. 21(3), eff. September 28, 2011.(d)  The Work and Family Policies Clearinghouse may distribute money appropriated by the legislature to any school district for the purpose of implementing school-age child care before and after the school day and during school holidays and vacations for a school district's school-age students.  Eligible use of funds shall include planning, development, establishment, expansion, or improvement of child care services and reasonable start-up costs.  The clearinghouse may distribute money to pay fees charged for providing services to students who are considered to be at risk of dropping out of school under Section 29.081.  The Texas Workforce Commission shall by rule establish procedures and eligibility requirements for distributing this money to school districts.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 118, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 8 (S.B. 8), Sec. 21(3), eff. September 28, 2011.|
TX Educ Code § 33.9031 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle F - Curriculum, Programs, and Services|Chapter 33 - Service Programs and Extracurricular Activities|Subchapter Z. Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 33.9031. Before-School and After-School Programs

Sec. 33.9031.  BEFORE-SCHOOL AND AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS.  (a)  The board of trustees of a school district may establish before-school or after-school programs for students enrolled in elementary or middle school grades.  A program established under this section may operate before, after, or before and after school hours.(b)  A student is eligible to participate in a school district's before-school or after-school program if the student:(1)  is enrolled in a public or private school; or(2)  resides within the boundaries of the school district.(c)  A school district shall conduct a request for proposals procurement process to enable the district to determine if contracting with a child-care facility that provides a before-school or after-school program, as defined by Section 42.002, Human Resources Code, to provide the district's before-school or after-school program would serve the district's best interests.  Following the request for proposals procurement process, the district may enter into a contract with a child-care facility or implement a before-school or after-school program operated by the district.  If the district enters into a contract with a child-care facility, the contract must comply with the requirements of Section 44.031 and may not exceed a term of three years.(d)  The board of trustees of a school district may adopt rules in accordance with Section 11.165 to provide access to school campuses before or after school hours for the purpose of providing a before-school or after-school program.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 925 (S.B. 1566), Sec. 11, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Educ Code § 33.904 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle F - Curriculum, Programs, and Services|Chapter 33 - Service Programs and Extracurricular Activities|Subchapter Z. Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 33.904. Liaison for Certain Children in Conservatorship of State

Sec. 33.904.  LIAISON FOR CERTAIN CHILDREN IN CONSERVATORSHIP OF STATE.  (a)  Each school district and open-enrollment charter school shall:(1)  appoint at least one employee to act as a liaison officer to facilitate the enrollment in or transfer to a public school or open-enrollment charter school of a child in the district or area served by the charter school who is in the conservatorship of the state; and(2)  submit the liaison's name and contact information to the agency in a format and under the schedule determined by the commissioner.(b)  The agency shall provide information to the liaisons on practices for facilitating the enrollment in or transfer to a public school or open-enrollment charter school of children who are in the conservatorship of the state.|Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 725 (H.B. 826), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 579 (S.B. 832), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2013.|For expiration of this section, see Subsection (f).
TX Educ Code § 33.906 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle F - Curriculum, Programs, and Services|Chapter 33 - Service Programs and Extracurricular Activities|Subchapter Z. Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 33.906. Website Information Concerning Local Programs and Services Available to Assist Homeless Students

Sec. 33.906.  WEBSITE INFORMATION CONCERNING LOCAL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES AVAILABLE TO ASSIST HOMELESS STUDENTS.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (e), each school that maintains an Internet website shall post on the website information regarding local programs and services, including charitable programs and services, available to assist students who are homeless.(b)  A school to which Subsection (a) applies shall make a good faith effort to compile information described by that subsection and shall post the information compiled in a format and style that is easily understandable by students or parents, as appropriate based on the grade levels the school offers.(c)  A representative of a local program or service available to assist students who are homeless may request to have information concerning the program or service posted on a school's website.  A school may determine the information that is posted on the school's website and is not required to post information as requested by the representative.(d)  A school district is not liable for any harm to a student that results in connection with a local program or service referred to on the website of a district school as provided by this section.(e)  This section does not apply to a school within a school district that:(1)  has an enrollment of fewer than 3,000 students; and(2)  is primarily located in a county with a population of less than 50,000.(f)  This section expires September 1, 2025.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1035 (H.B. 1559), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2015.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 597 (S.B. 668), Sec. 1.09, eff. June 10, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 33.907 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle F - Curriculum, Programs, and Services|Chapter 33 - Service Programs and Extracurricular Activities|Subchapter Z. Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 33.907. Donation of Food

Sec. 33.907.  DONATION OF FOOD.  (a)  In this section:(1)  "Donate" has the meaning assigned by Section 76.001, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.(2)  "Nonprofit organization" has the meaning assigned by Section 76.001, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.(b)  A school district or open-enrollment charter school may allow a campus to elect to donate food to a nonprofit organization through a person who is directly and officially affiliated with the campus, including a teacher or counselor, or through a parent of a student enrolled at the campus.  The donated food may be received, stored, and distributed on the campus.  Food donated by the campus may include:(1)  surplus food prepared for breakfast, lunch, or dinner meals or snacks served from the campus cafeteria, subject to any applicable local, state, and federal requirements; or(2)  food donated to the campus as the result of a food drive or similar event.(c)  The type of food donated under Subsection (b)(1) may include:(1)  packaged unserved food that is packaged on the campus of a school district or open-enrollment charter school and has not been removed from the campus cafeteria;(2)  packaged served food if the packaging and food are in good condition;(3)  whole, uncut produce; and(4)  wrapped raw unserved produce.(c-1)  Food that by law must be maintained at a certain temperature for safety may not be donated unless the campus has maintained the food at the required temperature.(d)  Food donated under this section to a nonprofit organization may be distributed at the campus at any time.  Campus employees may assist in preparing and distributing the food as volunteers for the nonprofit organization.(e)  Under this program, a school district or open-enrollment charter school may adopt a policy under which the district or charter school provides food at no cost to a student for breakfast, lunch, or dinner meals or a snack if the student is unable to purchase breakfast, lunch, or dinner meals or a snack.(f)  The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to implement this section.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 569 (S.B. 725), Sec. 1, eff. June 9, 2017.Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 610 (S.B. 1351), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Educ Code § 33.908 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle F - Curriculum, Programs, and Services|Chapter 33 - Service Programs and Extracurricular Activities|Subchapter Z. Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 33.908. Grace Period Policy for Exhausted or Insufficient Meal Card or Account Balance

Sec. 33.908.  GRACE PERIOD POLICY FOR EXHAUSTED OR INSUFFICIENT MEAL CARD OR ACCOUNT BALANCE.  The board of trustees of a school district that allows students to use a prepaid meal card or account to purchase meals served at schools in the district shall adopt a grace period policy regarding the use of the cards or accounts.  The policy:(1)  must allow a student whose meal card or account balance is exhausted or insufficient to continue, for a period determined by the board, to purchase meals by:(A)  accumulating a negative balance on the student's card or account; or(B)  otherwise receiving an extension of credit from the district;(2)  must require the district to notify the parent of or person standing in parental relation to the student that the student's meal card or account balance is exhausted;(3)  may not permit the district to charge a fee or interest in connection with meals purchased under Subdivision (1); and(4)  may permit the district to set a schedule for repayment on the account balance as part of the notice to the parent or person standing in parental relation to the student.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 875 (H.B. 3562), Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2015.Amended by: Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 925 (S.B. 1566), Sec. 12, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Educ Code § 33.909 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle F - Curriculum, Programs, and Services|Chapter 33 - Service Programs and Extracurricular Activities|Subchapter Z. Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 33.909. Purple Star Campus

Sec. 33.909.  PURPLE STAR CAMPUS.  (a)  In this section, "military-connected student" has the meaning assigned by Section 25.006.(b)  The agency shall designate a school district campus as a Purple Star Campus if the campus applies and qualifies for the designation under this section.(c)  To qualify as a Purple Star Campus, a campus must:(1)  designate a staff member as a military liaison, whose duties include:(A)  identifying military-connected students enrolled at the campus through the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS);(B)  serving as the point of contact between the campus and military-connected students and their families;(C)  determining appropriate campus services available to military-connected students; and(D)  assisting in coordinating campus programs relevant to military-connected students;(2)  maintain on the campus Internet website an easily accessible web page that includes resources for military-connected students and their families, including information regarding:(A)  relocation to, enrollment at, registration at, and transferring records to the campus;(B)  academic planning, course sequences, and advanced classes available at the campus;(C)  counseling and other support services available for military-connected students enrolled at the campus; and(D)  the military liaison designated under Subdivision (1) and the liaison's duties under that subdivision;(3)  maintain a transition program led by students, where appropriate, that assists military-connected students in transitioning into the campus;(4)  offer professional development for staff members on issues related to military-connected students; and(5)  offer at least one of the following initiatives:(A)  a resolution showing support for military-connected students and their families;(B)  recognition of the Month of the Military Child or Military Family Month with relevant events hosted by the campus; or(C)  a partnership with a local military installation that provides opportunities for active duty military members to volunteer at the campus, speak at an assembly, or host a field trip.(d)  To comply with a requirement under Subsection (c)(2), (4), or (5), a school district campus may partner with the district to provide:(1)  an Internet website web page required under Subsection (c)(2) if the campus does not have an Internet website;(2)  professional development required under Subsection (c)(4); or(3)  an initiative required under Subsection (c)(5).(e)  The agency shall adopt rules as necessary to administer this section.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 269 (S.B. 1557), Sec. 2, eff. May 28, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 37.0011 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle G - Safe Schools|Chapter 37 - Discipline; Law and Order|Subchapter A. Alternative Settings for Behavior Management|Section 37.0011. Use of Corporal Punishment

Sec. 37.0011.  USE OF CORPORAL PUNISHMENT.  (a)  In this section, "corporal punishment" means the deliberate infliction of physical pain by hitting, paddling, spanking, slapping, or any other physical force used as a means of discipline.  The term does not include:(1)  physical pain caused by reasonable physical activities associated with athletic training, competition, or physical education; or(2)  the use of restraint as authorized under Section 37.0021.(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 unless the student's parent or guardian or other person having lawful control over the student has previously provided a written, signed statement prohibiting the use of corporal punishment as a method of student discipline.(c)  To 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 statement to the board of trustees of the school district in the manner established by the board.(d)  The student's parent or guardian or other person having lawful control over the student may revoke the 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.|Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 691 (H.B. 359), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Educ Code § 37.0012 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle G - Safe Schools|Chapter 37 - Discipline; Law and Order|Subchapter A. Alternative Settings for Behavior Management|Section 37.0012. Designation of Campus Behavior Coordinator

Sec. 37.0012.  DESIGNATION OF CAMPUS BEHAVIOR COORDINATOR.  (a)  A person at each campus must be designated to serve as the campus behavior coordinator.  The person designated may be the principal of the campus or any other campus administrator selected by the principal.(b)  The campus behavior coordinator is primarily responsible for maintaining student discipline and the implementation of this subchapter.(c)  Except as provided by this chapter, the specific duties of the campus behavior coordinator may be established by campus or district policy.  Unless otherwise provided by campus or district policy:(1)  a duty imposed on a campus principal or other campus administrator under this subchapter shall be performed by the campus behavior coordinator; and(2)  a power granted to a campus principal or other campus administrator under this subchapter may be exercised by the campus behavior coordinator.(d)  The campus behavior coordinator shall promptly notify a student's parent or guardian as provided by this subsection if under this subchapter the student is placed into in-school or out-of-school suspension, placed in a disciplinary alternative education program, expelled, or placed in a juvenile justice alternative education program or is taken into custody by a law enforcement officer.  A campus behavior coordinator must comply with this subsection by:(1)  promptly contacting the parent or guardian by telephone or in person; and(2)  making a good faith effort to provide written notice of the disciplinary action to the student, on the day the action is taken, for delivery to the student's parent or guardian.(e)  If a parent or guardian entitled to notice under Subsection (d) has not been reached by telephone or in person by 5 p.m. of the first business day after the day the disciplinary action is taken, a campus behavior coordinator shall mail written notice of the action to the parent or guardian at the parent's or guardian's last known address.(f)  If a campus behavior coordinator is unable or not available to promptly provide notice under Subsection (d), the principal or other designee shall provide the notice.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1267 (S.B. 107), Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2015.|
TX Educ Code § 37.0013 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle G - Safe Schools|Chapter 37 - Discipline; Law and Order|Subchapter A. Alternative Settings for Behavior Management|Section 37.0013. Positive Behavior Program

Sec. 37.0013.  POSITIVE BEHAVIOR PROGRAM.  (a)  Each school district and open-enrollment charter school may develop and implement a program, in consultation with campus behavior coordinators employed by the district or school and representatives of a regional education service center, that provides a disciplinary alternative for a student enrolled in a grade level below grade three who engages in conduct described by Section 37.005(a) and is not subject to Section 37.005(c).  The program must:(1)  be age-appropriate and research-based;(2)  provide models for positive behavior;(3)  promote a positive school environment;(4)  provide alternative disciplinary courses of action that do not rely on the use of in-school suspension, out-of-school suspension, or placement in a disciplinary alternative education program to manage student behavior; and(5)  provide behavior management strategies, including:(A)  positive behavioral intervention and support;(B)  trauma-informed practices;(C)  social and emotional learning;(D)  a referral for services, as necessary; and(E)  restorative practices.(b)  Each school district and open-enrollment charter school may annually conduct training for staff employed by the district or school on the program adopted under Subsection (a).|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 696 (H.B. 674), Sec. 1, eff. June 12, 2017.|
TX Educ Code § 37.0022 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle G - Safe Schools|Chapter 37 - Discipline; Law and Order|Subchapter A. Alternative Settings for Behavior Management|Section 37.0022. Removal by School Bus Driver

Sec. 37.0022.  REMOVAL BY SCHOOL BUS DRIVER.  (a)  The driver of a school bus transporting students to or from school or a school-sponsored or school-related activity may send a student to the principal's office to maintain effective discipline on the school bus.  The principal shall respond by employing appropriate discipline management techniques consistent with the student code of conduct adopted under Section 37.001.(b)  Section 37.004 applies to any placement under Subsection (a) of a student with a disability who receives special education services.|Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 487 (S.B. 1541), Sec. 2, eff. June 14, 2013.|
TX Educ Code § 37.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle G - Safe Schools|Chapter 37 - Discipline; Law and Order|Subchapter A. Alternative Settings for Behavior Management|Section 37.003. Placement Review Committee

Sec. 37.003.  PLACEMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE.  (a)  Each school shall establish a three-member committee to determine placement of a student when a teacher refuses the return of a student to the teacher's class and make recommendations to the district regarding readmission of expelled students.  Members shall be appointed as follows:(1)  the campus faculty shall choose two teachers to serve as members and one teacher to serve as an alternate member;  and(2)  the principal shall choose one member from the professional staff of a campus.(b)  The teacher refusing to readmit the student may not serve on the committee.(c)  The committee's placement determination regarding a student with a disability who receives special education services under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, is subject to the requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. Section 1400 et seq.) and federal regulations, state statutes, and agency requirements necessary to carry out federal law or regulations or state law relating to special education.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1055, Sec. 7, eff. June 20, 2003.|