87R6043 BDP-F     By: Allen H.B. No. 2297       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to prohibiting certain releases of a student to the   student's parent after school-initiated communication by a school   district and open-enrollment charter school.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 25, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 25.0875 to read as follows:          Sec. 25.0875.  CERTAIN RELEASES OF STUDENT TO PARENT AFTER   SCHOOL-INITIATED COMMUNICATION PROHIBITED. (a) In this section,   "parent" includes a person standing in parental relation.          (b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), a school district   or open-enrollment charter school may not release a student to the   student's parent before the end of the instructional day and after   the parent receives a school-initiated communication if the release   of the student is:                (1)  a disciplinary management technique; or                (2)  a reaction to the student's behavior that impedes   the student's ability to learn but does not:                      (A)  violate the student code of conduct under   Section 37.001; or                      (B)  require disciplinary action.          (c)  A school district or open-enrollment charter school may   release a student to the student's parent before the end of the   instructional day if the student's release occurs because the   student is suspended under Section 37.005 or expelled under Section   37.0052, 37.007, or 37.0081.          SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022   school year.          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, 2021.