HBA-PDH H.B. 482 76(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 482 By: Reyna, Arthur Public Education 3/23/1999 Introduced BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Currently, the suspension or expulsion of a student from a school district and the student's placement in an alternative education program or juvenile justice alternative program (alternative program) may result in a student having no educational supervision if there is a lapse between the student's expulsion or suspension by the school district and the student's start date at the alternative program. H.B. 482 requires a school district to provide supervision to a student during regular school hours until the student begins an alternative program. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 37.008(h), Education Code, to require a school district (district) proposing that a student attend an alternative education program provide supervision until the alternative education program begins. Authorizes the district to supervise the student through inschool suspension or another appropriate arrangement. SECTION 2. Amends Section 37.011, Education Code, by adding Subsection (r), to require a district expelling a student who may be required to attend a juvenile justice alternative education program to provide supervision until the juvenile justice alternative education program begins. Authorizes the district to supervise the student through in-school suspension or another appropriate arrangement. SECTION 3.Makes application prospective beginning with the 1999-2000 school year. SECTION 4. Emergency clause. Effective date: upon passage.