By: Raymond H.B. No. 5075       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the authority of school districts in certain counties   to establish alternative programs in lieu of sending students to a   juvenile justice alternative education program.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 37.011, Education Code, is amended by   amending subsection (a) and adding subsection (a-6) to read as   follows:          (a)  Except as provided by subsection (a-6), the [The]   juvenile board of a county with a population greater than 125,000   shall develop a juvenile justice alternative education program,   subject to the approval of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department.   The juvenile board of a county with a population of 125,000 or less   may develop a juvenile justice alternative education program. For   the purposes of this subchapter, and except as provided by   subsection (a-6), only a disciplinary alternative education   program operated under the authority of a juvenile board of a county   is considered a juvenile justice alternative education program.  A   juvenile justice alternative education program in a county with a   population of 125,000 or less:                (1)  is not required to be approved by the department;   and                (2)  is not subject to Subsection (c), (d), (f), or (g).          (a-6)  Notwithstanding subsection (a), a school district   located in a county with a population greater than 125,000 is   authorized to create an alternative program to retain students who   would otherwise to be referred to a juvenile justice alternative   education program.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.