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TX HB6

Bill

Status

Passed

6/20/2025

Primary Sponsor

Jeff Leach

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Origin

House of Representatives

89th Legislature Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Expands grounds for charter schools to exclude students who have engaged in conduct requiring placement in disciplinary alternative education programs, expulsion-related conduct, or who have criminal convictions or juvenile adjudications

  • Requires a single campus behavior coordinator at each school to monitor disciplinary referrals and report students who engage in terroristic threats, weapons violations, or concerning behaviors to the campus threat assessment team

  • Strengthens teacher authority to remove disruptive students from classrooms, allowing removal based on a single incident of unruly, disruptive, or abusive behavior, with written consent required before returning the student to class

  • Creates virtual expulsion programs for students expelled under certain circumstances, requiring districts to provide computer equipment and internet access, with placement reviews every 45 school days

  • Allows school districts to offer students access to mental health services through the Texas Child Health Access through Telemedicine program, requiring written parental consent for students under 18 before providing any mental health services or screenings

Legislative Description

Relating to discipline management and access to telehealth mental health services in public schools.

Education

Last Action

Effective immediately

6/20/2025

Committee Referrals

Education K-164/24/2025
Public Education2/25/2025

Full Bill Text

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