Bill Text: TX HB4056 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to a list of best practice-based programs and research-based practices in certain areas for implementation in public schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-12 - Effective immediately [HB4056 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB4056-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to a list of best practice-based programs and research-based practices in certain areas for implementation in public schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-12 - Effective immediately [HB4056 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB4056-Introduced.html
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| By: Rose | H.B. No. 4056 | |
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| relating to certain research-based practices for use by public | ||
| school personnel. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 161.325, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended by amending Subsections (a), (a-2), and (c) and adding | ||
| Subsection (a-3) to read as follows: | ||
| (a) The department, in coordination with the Texas | ||
| Education Agency and regional education service centers, shall | ||
| provide and annually update a list of recommended best | ||
| practice-based programs in the areas specified under Subsection | ||
| (a-1) and research-based practices in the areas specified under | ||
| Subsection (a-2) for implementation in public elementary, junior | ||
| high, middle, and high schools within the general education | ||
| setting. Each school district may select from the list a program | ||
| or programs or a practice or practices appropriate for | ||
| implementation in the district. | ||
| (a-2) The list must include research-based practices in the | ||
| following areas: | ||
| (1) physical or emotional trauma intervention; | ||
| (2) social and emotional learning; | ||
| (3) positive school climate; and | ||
| (4) positive behavior supports. | ||
| (a-3) The department, the Texas Education Agency, and each | ||
| regional education service center shall make the list easily | ||
| accessible on their websites. | ||
| (c) In developing the list of programs and practices, the | ||
| department and the Texas Education Agency shall consider: | ||
| (1) any existing suicide prevention method developed | ||
| by a school district; and | ||
| (2) any Internet or online course or program developed | ||
| in this state or another state that is based on best practices | ||
| recognized by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services | ||
| Administration or the Suicide Prevention Resource Center. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
