1. (a) In this section:

   1. (1) "Bullying" has the meaning assigned by Section 37.0832.
   2. (2) "Intimate visual material" has the meaning assigned by Section 98B.001, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.

2. (b) A student may be removed from class and placed in a disciplinary alternative education program as provided by Section 37.008 or expelled if the student:

   1. (1) engages in bullying that encourages a student to commit or attempt to commit suicide;
   2. (2) incites violence against a student through group bullying; or
   3. (3) releases or threatens to release intimate visual material of a minor or a student who is 18 years of age or older without the student's consent.
3. (c) Nothing in this section exempts a school from reporting a finding of intimate visual material of a minor.

Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 522 (S.B. 179), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2017.