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  89R4617 RDR-D     By: Hughes S.B. No. 806       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to enrolling a public school student in a virtual   education program as an alternative to expulsion.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 37, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 37.0071 to read as follows:           Sec.   37.0071.     VIRTUAL EDUCATION AS ALTERNATIVE TO   EXPULSION. (a)   Except as provided by Subsection (b), before a   school district or open-enrollment charter school may expel a   student, the district or school shall consider as an alternative to   expulsion the appropriateness and feasibility of enrolling the   student in a full-time virtual education program through the state   virtual school network under Chapter 30A or another virtual   education program authorized by this code.           (b)     Subsection (a) does not apply to a student expelled   under Section 37.007(a), (d), or (e) or 37.0081.          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.