{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-37.0071","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Education Code § 37.0071","heading":"VIRTUAL EDUCATION AS ALTERNATIVE TO EXPULSION.","body":"(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 the appropriateness and feasibility of, as an alternative to expulsion, enrolling the student in a full-time hybrid program, full-time virtual program, full-time hybrid campus, or full-time virtual campus, as those terms are defined in Section 30B.001.\n(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a student expelled under Section 37.0081 or 37.007(a), (d), or (e).\nAdded by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 5 (S.B. 569), Sec. 9, eff. May 6, 2025.","path":["EDUCATION CODE","TITLE 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION","SUBTITLE G. SAFE SCHOOLS","CHAPTER 37. DISCIPLINE; LAW AND ORDER","SUBCHAPTER A. ALTERNATIVE SETTINGS FOR BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.37.htm#37.0071","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:05Z","sha256":"676f354ee9add25f3622d59b3d8d9bbd9987fbc45a0e4907d4dc8fb42fa7b85b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-37.007","next":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-37.008"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}