{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-37.028","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Education Code § 37.028","heading":"PENALTIES FOR IMPOSITION OF DISCIPLINARY MEASURES PROHIBITED.","body":"(a) The agency may not withhold any state funding or impose a penalty on a school district based on the number of students in the district that have been removed from a classroom, placed into in-school or out-of-school suspension, placed in a disciplinary alternative education program or a juvenile justice alternative education program, or expelled.\n(b) This section may not be construed to limit the agency from taking any action to enforce requirements under federal law related to a determination of significant disproportionality based on the race and ethnicity of students with disabilities.\nAdded by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1066 (H.B. 6), Sec. 17, eff. June 20, 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#37.028","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:05Z","sha256":"583d1de4d732e9b560b9cca23191eae629d1e6aec9f923c1b5cc4092126c8ee7","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-37.023","next":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-37.051"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}