88R9057 PRL-D     By: Dutton H.B. No. 5095       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the applicability of certain laws governing public   school discipline and law and order to open-enrollment charter   schools.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 12.104(b), Education Code, as amended by   Chapters 542 (S.B. 168), 887 (S.B. 1697), 915 (H.B. 3607), 974 (S.B.   2081), and 1046 (S.B. 1365), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular   Session, 2021, is reenacted and amended to read as follows:          (b)  An open-enrollment charter school is subject to:                (1)  a provision of this title establishing a criminal   offense;                (2)  the provisions in Chapter 554, Government Code;   and                (3)  a prohibition, restriction, or requirement, as   applicable, imposed by this title or a rule adopted under this   title, relating to:                      (A)  the Public Education Information Management   System (PEIMS) to the extent necessary to monitor compliance with   this subchapter as determined by the commissioner;                      (B)  criminal history records under Subchapter C,   Chapter 22;                      (C)  reading instruments and accelerated reading   instruction programs under Section 28.006;                      (D)  accelerated instruction under Section   28.0211;                      (E)  high school graduation requirements under   Section 28.025;                      (F)  special education programs under Subchapter   A, Chapter 29;                      (G)  bilingual education under Subchapter B,   Chapter 29;                      (H)  prekindergarten programs under Subchapter E   or E-1, Chapter 29, except class size limits for prekindergarten   classes imposed under Section 25.112, which do not apply;                      (I)  extracurricular activities under Section   33.081;                      (J)  [discipline management practices or behavior   management techniques under Section 37.0021;                      [(K)]  health and safety under Chapter 38;                      (K) [(L)]  the provisions of Subchapter A,   Chapter 39;                      (L) [(M)]  public school accountability and   special investigations under Subchapters A, B, C, D, F, G, and J,   Chapter 39, and Chapter 39A;                      (M) [(N)]  the requirement under Section 21.006   to report an educator's misconduct;                      (N) [(O)]  intensive programs of instruction   under Section 28.0213;                      [(P)  the right of a school employee to report a   crime, as provided by Section 37.148;                      [(Q)  bullying prevention policies and procedures   under Section 37.0832;                      [(R)  the right of a school under Section 37.0052   to place a student who has engaged in certain bullying behavior in a   disciplinary alternative education program or to expel the student;                      [(S)  the right under Section 37.0151 to report to   local law enforcement certain conduct constituting assault or   harassment;]                      (O) [(T)]  a parent's right to information   regarding the provision of assistance for learning difficulties to   the parent's child as provided by Sections 26.004(b)(11) and   26.0081(c) and (d);                      (P) [(U)]  establishment of residency under   Section 25.001;                      [(V)  school safety requirements under Sections   37.108, 37.1081, 37.1082, 37.109, 37.113, 37.114, 37.1141, 37.115,   37.207, and 37.2071;]                      (Q) [(W)]  the early childhood literacy and   mathematics proficiency plans under Section 11.185;                      (R) [(X)]  the college, career, and military   readiness plans under Section 11.186; [and]                      (S) [(X)]  parental options to retain a student   under Section 28.02124; and                      (T)  discipline and law and order under Chapter   37.          SECTION 2.  To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails   over another Act of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023,   relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted   codes.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2023.