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Texas will start suspending students who are homeless or come from unstable homes in September.

Texas law currently prohibits suspending homeless students except for serious infractions, and there is no credible evidence that Texas will start suspending homeless or unstably housed students broadly starting in September.

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The claim that Texas will start suspending students who are homeless or come from unstable homes in September is inaccurate based on current laws and recent developments. Since 2019, Texas has had a bipartisan law banning out-of-school suspensions for homeless students except in cases involving violence, weapons, drugs, or alcohol.texastribune.orgtexastribune.orgTexas schools illegally suspended homeless studentshoustonlanding.orghoustonlanding.orgHouse Republicans’ bill would let educators suspend Texas’ homeless students... Although there have been reports of illegal suspensions occurring despite this law,houstonlanding.orghoustonlanding.orgTexas school districts are illegally suspending homeless students the law itself remains in effect.

Some legislative proposals have been introduced to expand the circumstances under which homeless students can be suspended, such as for repeated classroom disruptions or threats,texastribune.orgtexastribune.orgLawmakers want to give schools more leeway to suspend Texas’ youngest and...kgns.tvkgns.tvTexas bill proposed to facilitate the suspension of homeless studentshoustonlanding.orghoustonlanding.orgHouse Republicans’ bill would let educators suspend Texas’ homeless students... but these are proposals and not enacted laws. There is no evidence from the sources that a new policy or law will take effect in September that broadly authorizes suspensions of homeless or unstably housed students.

Instead, the existing legal framework still restricts such suspensions to serious infractions. Therefore, the claim is false as it misrepresents current legal realities and upcoming policy changes.

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Texas schools illegally suspended homeless students

texastribune.org
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Suspending homeless students is now easier for Texas schools

sanantonioreport.org
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Lawmakers want to give schools more leeway to suspend Texas’ youngest and...

texastribune.org
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