Bill Text: TX HB1869 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to training for employees of school districts and open-enrollment charter schools on the prevention of sexual abuse and other maltreatment of certain children.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-21 - Referred directly to s/c on Educator Quality by chair [HB1869 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1869-Introduced.html
85R10916 MK-F | ||
By: González of El Paso | H.B. No. 1869 |
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relating to training for employees of school districts and | ||
open-enrollment charter schools on the prevention of sexual abuse | ||
and other maltreatment of certain children. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 38.0041(c), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(c) The methods under Subsection (b)(1) for increasing | ||
awareness of issues regarding sexual abuse and other maltreatment | ||
of children must include training, as provided by this subsection, | ||
concerning prevention techniques for and recognition of sexual | ||
abuse and all other maltreatment of children, including the sexual | ||
abuse and other maltreatment of children with significant cognitive | ||
disabilities in both educational and noneducational settings. The | ||
training: | ||
(1) must be provided, as part of a new employee | ||
orientation, to all new school district and open-enrollment charter | ||
school employees and to existing district and open-enrollment | ||
charter school employees on a schedule adopted by the agency by rule | ||
until all district and open-enrollment charter school employees | ||
have taken the training; and | ||
(2) must include training concerning: | ||
(A) factors indicating a child is at risk for | ||
sexual abuse or other maltreatment; | ||
(B) likely warning signs indicating a child may | ||
be a victim of sexual abuse or other maltreatment; | ||
(C) internal procedures for seeking assistance | ||
for a child who is at risk for sexual abuse or other maltreatment, | ||
including referral to a school counselor, a social worker, or | ||
another mental health professional; | ||
(D) techniques for reducing a child's risk of | ||
sexual abuse or other maltreatment; and | ||
(E) community organizations that have relevant | ||
existing research-based programs that are able to provide training | ||
or other education for school district or open-enrollment charter | ||
school staff members, students, and parents. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 | ||
school year. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |