Bill > SB245

This bill relates to discipline management and access to telehealth mental health services in public schools. The key provisions of the bill include: - Amending the Education Code to allow teachers to remove disruptive students from class based on a single incident, and requiring a conference with the teacher before returning the student to that teacher's class. - Increasing the maximum length of a student suspension from 3 to 5 school days. - Expanding the list of student conduct that requires removal to a disciplinary alternative education program, including disorderly conduct and harassment of a school employee. - Requiring school districts to offer students access to mental health services provided through the Texas Child Health Access Through Telemedicine program, while prohibiting districts from requiring student participation in these services without parental consent. - Prohibiting the state agency from penalizing districts based on the number of disciplinary actions taken.