Section 37.005 - Suspension(a) The principal or other appropriate administrator may suspend a student who engages in conduct identified in the student code of conduct adopted under Section 37.001 as conduct for which a student may be suspended.(b) A suspension under this section may not exceed three school days.(c) A student who is enrolled in a grade level below grade three may not be placed in out-of-school suspension unless while on school property or while attending a school-sponsored or school-related activity on or off of school property, the student engages in:(1) conduct that contains the elements of an offense related to weapons under Section 46.02 or 46.05, Penal Code;(2) conduct that contains the elements of a violent offense under Section 22.01, 22.011, 22.02, or 22.021, Penal Code; or(3) selling, giving, or delivering to another person or possessing, using, or being under the influence of any amount of:(A) marihuana or a controlled substance, as defined by Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, or by 21 U.S.C. Section 801 et seq.;(B) a dangerous drug, as defined by Chapter 483, Health and Safety Code; or(C) an alcoholic beverage, as defined by Section 1.04, Alcoholic Beverage Code.(d) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may not place a student who is homeless in out-of-school suspension unless the student engages in conduct described by Subsections (c)(1)-(3) while on school property or while attending a school-sponsored or school-related activity on or off of school property. The campus behavior coordinator may coordinate with the school district's homeless education liaison to identify appropriate alternatives to out-of-school suspension for a student who is homeless. In this subsection, "student who is homeless" has the meaning assigned to the term "homeless children and youths" under 42 U.S.C. Section 11434a.(e) A school district shall provide to a student during the period of the student's suspension under this section, regardless of whether the student is placed in in-school or out-of-school suspension, an alternative means of receiving all course work provided in the classes in the foundation curriculum under Section 28.002(a)(1) that the student misses as a result of the suspension. The district must provide at least one option for receiving the course work that does not require the use of the Internet.Amended by Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 1150,Sec. 1, eff. 6/14/2019, op. beginning with the 2019-2020 school year.Amended by Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 479,Sec. 1, eff. 6/7/2019, op. beginning with the 2019-2020 school year.Amended by Acts 2017, Texas Acts of the 85th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 696,Sec. 2, eff. 6/12/2017, op. beginning with the 2017-2018 school year.Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1055, Sec. 8, eff. 6/20/2003.Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. 5/30/1995.