Texas School Nazi Law - HB 557

[Lex]

http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/html/HB00557I.htm
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By: Smith of Harris    H.B. No. 557

                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                            AN ACT
   relating to the failure of a parent to attend a public school
   parent-teacher conference; providing a criminal penalty.
          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
          SECTION 1.  Chapter 26, Education Code, is amended by adding
   Section 26.014 to read as follows:
          Sec. 26.014.  FAILURE TO ATTEND PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCE.
   (a) A parent of a student commits an offense if:
                (1)  the parent receives written notice by certified
   mail of at least three proposed dates from which the parent can
   choose for scheduling a parent-teacher conference between the
   parent and the student's teacher;
                (2)  the parent:
                      (A)  fails to respond to the notice; or
                      (B)  schedules a parent-teacher conference on one
   of the dates proposed in the notice or on an alternative date agreed
   to by the parent and teacher and fails to:
                            (i)  attend the scheduled conference; or
                            (ii)  before the scheduled conference,
   notify the teacher or an administrator of the campus to which the
   teacher is assigned that the parent will be unable to attend the
   conference; and
                (3)  in the case of a student with more than one parent,
   another parent of the student does not attend a parent-teacher
   conference scheduled in accordance with this subsection.
          (b)  An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
          (c)  An offense under this section may be prosecuted in a
   court in which an offense under Section 25.094(b) may be
   prosecuted.
          (d)  It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this
   section that the parent had a reasonable excuse for failing to
   attend the parent-teacher conference.
          (e)  The clerk of the court in which an offense under this
   section is prosecuted shall transfer the proceeds of any fine
   collected by the court under this section to the school district
   that employs the teacher with whom the parent was scheduled to meet
   in the parent-teacher conference. The district may use funds
   collected under this section only to:
                (1)  provide additional compensation to classroom
   teachers in the district; or
                (2)  purchase school supplies other than textbooks as
   defined by Section 31.002.
          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.

[Lex]

I can so see the number of PT conferences going up as a result of this law as teachers try to get some of those fines into their paychecks!

[joeyforpresident]

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[Braddogg]

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[error]

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[Braddogg]

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