Category: Legislative Update

House Bill 674: Keeping Students on Campus

House Bill 674 (“HB 674”) has two parts: it adds Texas Education Code (“TEC”) § 37.005(c), which prohibits out-of-school suspension (“OSS”) for students below 3rd grade, with some exceptions; and it adds TEC § 37.0013, POSITIVE BEHAVIOR PROGRAM, which authorizes districts to create new disciplinary alternatives for students below 3rd grade who engage in conduct […]

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Unfortunately, There is More Than One Bad Apple

The Texas Legislature passed, and the Governor recently signed, Senate Bill 7 in an attempt to address what many have come to view as an epidemic of inappropriate relationships between educators and students. This piece of legislation, which becomes effective on September 1, 2017, is one of the most talked about coming out of this […]

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Race Prohibited from Consideration in Student Discipline

On August 18, 2026, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) issued guidance on student discipline and compliance with Title VI. Specifically, this guidance addressed the use of race in student discipline and specifically prohibited it. The Dear Colleague Letter can be found here. Previously, race was considered in student discipline in the […]

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