TX HB1096

Requires school districts and open-enrollment charter schools that permit corporal punishment to email parents at the start of each school year with notice of their right to prohibit its use, the school's policy, opt-out procedures, and that a new written statement must be submitted annually to opt out

Mandates PEIMS reporting of disciplinary data disaggregated by race, ethnicity, gender, special education status, and foster care status for: corporal punishment incidents, restraint use, law enforcement reports, suspensions (in-school and out-of-school), school placement changes, expulsions, Class C misdemeanor citations, arrests, and truancy court referrals

Requires the Texas Education Agency to compile the disciplinary data into an annual report aggregated by state, region, district/school, and campus, and publish it on the agency's website

Schools must annually email parents a copy of the discipline report, a summary comparing their campus data to state and regional data, and a link to the full report on the TEA website

Applies beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, with immediate effect upon two-thirds vote or September 1, 2025