Tex. Education Code § 37.028
This is the official text of Tex. Education Code § 37.028, part of Texas’s Education Code — governs public schools and universities in Texas.
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§ 37.028. PENALTIES FOR IMPOSITION OF DISCIPLINARY MEASURES PROHIBITED.
Official statutory text
(a) The agency may not withhold any state funding or impose a penalty on a school district based on the number of students in the district that have been removed from a classroom, placed into in-school or out-of-school suspension, placed in a disciplinary alternative education program or a juvenile justice alternative education program, or expelled.
(b) This section may not be construed to limit the agency from taking any action to enforce requirements under federal law related to a determination of significant disproportionality based on the race and ethnicity of students with disabilities.
(b) This section may not be construed to limit the agency from taking any action to enforce requirements under federal law related to a determination of significant disproportionality based on the race and ethnicity of students with disabilities.
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