HB3025 - Relating to requiring parental consent for the use of corporal punishment in public schools.

  89R11190 MEW-D     By: A. Davis of Dallas H.B. No. 3025       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to requiring parental consent for the use of corporal   punishment in public schools.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 37.0011, Education Code, is amended by   amending Subsections (b), (c), and (d) and adding Subsection (e) to   read as follows:          (b)  If the board of trustees of an independent school   district adopts a policy under Section 37.001(a)(8) under which   corporal punishment is permitted as a method of student discipline,   a district educator may use corporal punishment to discipline a   student only if [ unless ] the student's parent or guardian or other   person having lawful control over the student has previously   provided [ a ] written, signed consent to [ statement prohibiting ] the   use of corporal punishment as a method of student discipline.          (c)  To provide consent for [ prohibit ] the use of corporal   punishment as a method of student discipline, [ each school year ] a   student's parent or guardian or other person having lawful control   over the student must provide [ a ] separate written, signed consent   [ statement ] to the board of trustees of the school district in the   manner established by the board. Subject to Subsection (e),   consent under this subsection is effective until:                 (1)  consent is revoked under Subsection (d); or                 (2)  the student is no longer enrolled in the district.          (d)  The student's parent or guardian or other person having   lawful control over the student may revoke the consent [ statement ]   provided to the board of trustees under Subsection (c) at any time   during the school year by submitting a written, signed revocation   to the board in the manner established by the board.           (e)     The board of trustees of a school district may adopt   rules requiring a student's parent or guardian or other person   having lawful control over the student to renew the consent under   Subsection (c) each school year.          SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026   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, 2025.