Bill Text: TX HB36 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the membership of a public school's threat assessment and safe and supportive school team and committee and the permissible uses of the school safety allotment under the public school finance system.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-23 - Referred to Youth Health & Safety, Select [HB36 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB36-Introduced.html

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88R3368 KJE-F
By: Talarico H.B. No. 36

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the membership of a public school's threat assessment
and safe and supportive school team and committee and the
permissible uses of the school safety allotment under the public
school finance system.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 37.115(d) and (e), Education Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(d) The superintendent of the district shall ensure, to the
greatest extent practicable, that the members appointed to each
team have expertise in counseling, behavior management, mental
health and substance use, classroom instruction, special
education, school administration, school safety and security, and
emergency management[, and law enforcement]. A team may serve more
than one campus of a school district, provided that each district
campus is assigned a team.
(e) The superintendent of a school district may establish a
committee, or assign to an existing committee established by the
district, the duty to oversee the operations of teams established
for the district. A committee with oversight responsibility under
this subsection must include members with expertise in human
resources, education, special education, counseling, behavior
management, school administration, mental health and substance
use, school safety and security, and emergency management[, and law
enforcement].
SECTION 2. Section 48.115(b), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) Funds allocated under this section must be used to
improve school safety and security, including costs associated
with:
(1) securing school facilities, including:
(A) improvements to school infrastructure;
(B) the use or installation of physical barriers;
and
(C) the purchase and maintenance of:
(i) security cameras or other security
equipment; and
(ii) technology, including communications
systems or devices, that facilitates communication and information
sharing between students, school personnel, and first responders in
an emergency;
(2) [providing security for the district, including:
[(A) employing school district peace officers,
private security officers, and school marshals; and
[(B) collaborating with local law enforcement
agencies, such as entering into a memorandum of understanding for
the assignment of school resource officers to schools in the
district;
[(3)] school safety and security training and
planning, including:
(A) active shooter and emergency response
training;
(B) prevention and treatment programs relating
to addressing adverse childhood experiences; and
(C) the prevention, identification, and
management of emergencies and threats, using evidence-based,
effective prevention practices and including:
(i) providing licensed counselors, social
workers, social-emotional learning coordinators, and individuals
trained in restorative discipline and restorative justice
practices;
(ii) providing mental health personnel and
support;
(iii) providing behavioral health
services;
(iv) establishing threat reporting
systems; and
(v) developing and implementing programs
focused on social-emotional learning, restorative justice
practices, culturally relevant instruction, and providing mental
health support; and
(3) [(4)] providing programs related to suicide
prevention, intervention, and postvention.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.