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TX HB5075
Bill
Status
3/13/2025
Primary Sponsor
Richard Raymond
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AI Summary
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Authorizes school districts in counties with populations greater than 125,000 to create their own alternative education programs to retain students who would otherwise be referred to a juvenile justice alternative education program (JJAEP)
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Amends Section 37.011 of the Education Code to provide an exception to the existing requirement that only disciplinary alternative education programs operated under county juvenile board authority qualify as JJAEPs
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Allows school districts to keep students within district-operated programs rather than transferring them to county-level juvenile justice programs
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Effective date is September 1, 2025
Legislative Description
Relating to the authority of school districts in certain counties to establish alternative programs in lieu of sending students to a juvenile justice alternative education program.
Education
Last Action
Referred to Public Education
4/7/2025