Ch. 37 Discipline, Law, Order and PEIMS Laws

• TASB Bill Summaries for the 86th legislature
• 86th Legislation on School Health, Safety, & Discipline
• 86th Legislation on Student Discipline Under Chapter 37
• NEW TEA Legislative Briefing Book for 86th Legislature
• TEC §26.015- require each school district to post on the district's Internet website, for each district campus, the designated person, e-mail address and dedicated telephone number of the: (1) the campus behavior coordinator under TEC §37.0012; or (2) or if a district of innovation the campus administrator designated as being responsible for student discipline.
• §37.0012 Campus Behavior Coordinators -Each campus must have a staff person designated as the Campus Behavior Coordinator. They are required to promptly notify a student's parent or guardian if the student is placed into in-school or out-of-school suspension, placed in a disciplinary alternative education program, expelled, or placed in a juvenile justice alternative education program. They shall provide notice of the right to transfer due to bullying, harassment, or being a victim of a violent criminal act.
• §37.0181 Administrators Discipline Training -Each principal or other appropriate administrator who oversees student discipline shall, at least once every three school years, attend professional development training regarding this sub-chapter.
• Dear Colleague letter- Administering student discipline without discriminating -Dear Colleague letter Guidance letter prepared with our partners at the U.S. Department of Justice describing how schools can meet their obligations under federal law to administer student discipline without discriminating on the basis of race, color, or national origin.

Important Discipline Documents and resources

Here are important discipline documents for Administrators and PEIMS Data Personnel to use when making discipline decisions.

Campus Behavior Coordinator Training Handouts 2020

• 2020 TWEDS (Formerly Appendix E) Chapter 37 Definitions and Decision Guide:LLINK
• 2020 Discipline Data Validation Manual- List of Discipline Data Validation Indicators.
• School Safe Choice Option Persistently Dangerous School Identification Methodology- Action Reason Codes and Frequency to determine if a campus is Persistently Dangerous
• ESSA Unsafe School Choice Option LEA Requirements
• DAEP Basic Guidance Document- A review of the requirements for the operation of a DAEP
• DAEP Requirements from 37.008 TEC- Basic Requirements of a DAEP
• TASB Ch. 37 Discipline Chart
• Legal Framework Discipline Section
• TEA Special Education Discipline and Removals
• Administrators Webinar Series: Alternatives to ISS and DAEP
• Special Ed./Behavior Mgmt. - For help or more information contact: Angi_Thomas 675-8676 Consultant, Inclusion, Behavior, Emotionally Disturbed

• TEA- TSDS PEIMS Resource
• TEA- Chapter 37 - Safe Schools - TEA Safe School Main Page
• TEA- PEIMS Standard Reports - TEA PEIMS Main Page
• TEA- PEIMS Discipline Data Products - TEA PEIMS Discipline Reports Page
• TEA- Data Validation Manuals - TEA Data Validation Monitoring
• TEA Special Education Discipline and Removals