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 37.0052. Placement or Expulsion of Students Who Have Engaged in Certain Bullying Behavior
Sec. 37.0052. PLACEMENT OR EXPULSION OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE ENGAGED IN CERTAIN BULLYING BEHAVIOR. (a) In this section:
(1) "Bullying" has the meaning assigned by Section 37.0832.
(2) "Intimate visual material" has the meaning assigned by Section 98B.001, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.
(b) A student may be removed from class and placed in a disciplinary alternative education program as provided by Section 37.008 or expelled if the student:
(1) engages in bullying that encourages a student to commit or attempt to commit suicide;
(2) incites violence against a student through group bullying; or
(3) releases or threatens to release intimate visual material of a minor or a student who is 18 years of age or older without the student's consent.
(c) Nothing in this section exempts a school from reporting a finding of intimate visual material of a minor.
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 522 (S.B. 179), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2017.
