HBA-MPM H.B. 1553 77(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 1553 By: Reyna, Arthur Public Education 3/26/2001 Introduced BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Currently, when a school district suspends or expels a student as a result of conduct that merits the student being placed in an alternative education program (program), the student may be unsupervised while awaiting enrollment in the program. House Bill 1553 requires the district to provide supervision during school hours of a suspended or expelled student until the student begins attendance in the 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. ANALYSIS House Bill 1553 amends the Education Code to require a school district (district) that proposes to place a student in an alternative education program or that expels a student who may be required to attend a juvenile justice alternative education program to provide supervision of the student during regular school hours until the date which the student is required to begin attendance in such a program. The district is authorized to provide the supervision through in-school suspension or another appropriate arrangement. EFFECTIVE DATE On passage, or if the Act does not receive the necessary vote, the Act takes effect September 1, 2001. The Act applies beginning with the 2001-2002 school year.