Amend HB 283 on third reading by adding the following 
appropriately numbered sections to the bill and renumbering the 
subsequent sections accordingly:
	SECTION___.  Section 37.001, Education Code, is amended by 
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (b) and (b-1) to 
read as follows:
	(a)  The board of trustees of an independent school district 
shall, with the advice of its district-level committee established 
under Subchapter F, Chapter 11, adopt a student code of conduct for 
the district. The student code of conduct must be posted and 
prominently displayed at each school campus or made available for 
review at the office of the campus principal. In addition to 
establishing standards for student conduct, the student code of 
conduct must:
		(1)  specify the circumstances, in accordance with this 
subchapter, under which a student may be removed from a classroom, 
campus, or disciplinary alternative education program;
		(2)  specify conditions that authorize or require a 
principal or other appropriate administrator to transfer a student 
to a disciplinary alternative education program;
		(3)  outline conditions under which a student may be 
suspended as provided by Section 37.005 or expelled as provided by 
Section 37.007;
		(4)  specify whether consideration is given to 
self-defense as a factor in a decision to order suspension, removal 
to a disciplinary alternative education program, or expulsion;
		(5)  provide guidelines for setting the length of a term 
of:                
			(A)  a removal under Section 37.006; and                                     
			(B)  an expulsion under Section 37.007; [and]               
		(6)  address the notification of a student's parent or 
guardian of a violation of the student code of conduct committed by 
the student that results in suspension, removal to a disciplinary 
alternative education program, or expulsion;
		(7)  prohibit bullying, harassment, and making hit 
lists and ensure that district employees enforce those 
prohibitions; and
		(8)  provide, as appropriate for students at each grade 
level, methods, including options, for:
			(A)  managing students in the classroom and on 
school grounds;      
			(B)  disciplining students; and                                       
			(C)  preventing and intervening in student 
discipline problems, including bullying, harassment, and making 
hit lists.
	(b)  In this section:                                                   
		(1)  "Harassment" means threatening to cause harm or 
bodily injury to another student, engaging in sexually intimidating 
conduct, causing physical damage to the property of another 
student, subjecting another student to physical confinement or 
restraint, or maliciously taking any action that substantially 
harms another student's physical or emotional health or safety.
		(2)  "Hit list" means a list of people targeted to be 
harmed, using: 
			(A)  a firearm, as defined by Section 46.01(3), 
Penal Code;         
			(B)  a knife, as defined by Section 46.01(7), 
Penal Code; or        
			(C)  any other object to be used with intent to 
cause bodily harm.  
	(b-1)  The methods adopted under Subsection (a) (8) must 
provide that a student who is enrolled in a special education 
program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, may not be disciplined for 
conduct prohibited in accordance with Subsection (a) (7) until an 
admission, review, and dismissal committee meeting has been held to 
review the conduct.