Bill Text: TX SB674 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to instruction regarding mental health, substance abuse, and youth suicide in educator training programs.
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-19 - Effective on 9/1/15 [SB674 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB674-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 674 | ||
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| relating to instruction regarding mental health, substance abuse, | ||
| and youth suicide in educator training programs. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 21.044(c-1), Education Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (c-1) Any minimum academic qualifications for a certificate | ||
| specified under Subsection (a) that require a person to possess a | ||
| bachelor's degree must also require that the person receive, as | ||
| part of the training required to obtain that certificate, | ||
| instruction regarding mental health, substance abuse, and youth | ||
| suicide. The instruction required must: | ||
| (1) be provided through a program selected from the | ||
| list of recommended best practice-based programs established under | ||
| Section 161.325, Health and Safety Code; and | ||
| (2) include effective strategies for teaching and | ||
| intervening with students with mental or emotional disorders, | ||
| including de-escalation techniques and positive behavioral | ||
| interventions and supports [ |
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| SECTION 2. Section 21.044(c-2), Education Code, is | ||
| repealed. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 674 passed the Senate on | ||
| May 13, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 674 passed the House on | ||
| May 27, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 1, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
