Category: Students

Report Raises Triple Threat: Safety, Discipline, & Special Education

The Federal Commission on School Safety recently issued its Final Report. A copy of the full report can be accessed via the Commission’s website here. The Report has made early headlines primarily due to its criticism of the Obama Administration’s “Rethink School Discipline” guidance, which included rules targeting exclusionary discipline and requiring the application of […]

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Guns, Drugs, & Interloping

Although the title sounds like that of a bad heavy metal song, it actually refers to three very recent news topics on the legal front that may affect your school district. Guns: If your school is a polling location, the Election Judge can carry at your school. In Opinion No. KP-0212, Attorney General Ken Paxton […]

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Reporting Educator Misconduct – “Who, What & When” as of September 1, 2017

The Texas Legislature passed Senate Bill 7 (“SB 7”) this summer in an effort to address the increasing number of inappropriate relationships between educators and students being reported. The legislation, which became effective on September 1, 2017, included significant changes to the requirements for reporting educator misconduct found in Section 21.006 of the Texas Education […]

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Buckle Up, Texas: What SB 546 Means for School Districts

Senate Bill 546 (“SB 546”) was passed in the 89th Legislative Session for the purpose of requiring each bus operated by or contracted for use by a school district for the transportation of schoolchildren to be equipped with a three-point seat belt for each passenger, including the operator. The only exceptions are if the board […]

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