Tex. Education Code § 37.0052
This is the official text of Tex. Education Code § 37.0052, part of Texas’s Education Code — governs public schools and universities in Texas.
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§ 37.0052. PLACEMENT OR EXPULSION OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE ENGAGED IN CERTAIN BULLYING BEHAVIOR.
Official statutory text
(a) In this section:
(1) "Bullying" has the meaning assigned by Section 37.0832.
(2) "Intimate visual material" has the meaning assigned by Section 98B.001, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.
(b) A student may be removed from class and placed in a disciplinary alternative education program as provided by Section 37.008 or expelled if the student:
(1) engages in bullying that encourages a student to commit or attempt to commit suicide;
(2) incites violence against a student through group bullying; or
(3) releases or threatens to release intimate visual material of a minor or a student who is 18 years of age or older without the student's consent.
(c) Nothing in this section exempts a school from reporting a finding of intimate visual material of a minor.
(1) "Bullying" has the meaning assigned by Section 37.0832.
(2) "Intimate visual material" has the meaning assigned by Section 98B.001, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.
(b) A student may be removed from class and placed in a disciplinary alternative education program as provided by Section 37.008 or expelled if the student:
(1) engages in bullying that encourages a student to commit or attempt to commit suicide;
(2) incites violence against a student through group bullying; or
(3) releases or threatens to release intimate visual material of a minor or a student who is 18 years of age or older without the student's consent.
(c) Nothing in this section exempts a school from reporting a finding of intimate visual material of a minor.
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