Bill Text: TX HB1623 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to training for public school personnel to identify and intervene if a student suffers from behavioral health issues.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-18 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB1623 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1623-Comm_Sub.html
86R19400 SRS-F | |||
By: Coleman | H.B. No. 1623 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1623: | |||
By: Allen | C.S.H.B. No. 1623 |
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relating to training for public school personnel to identify and | ||
intervene if a student suffers from behavioral health issues. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 21.451(d), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(d) The staff development: | ||
(1) may include training in: | ||
(A) technology; | ||
(B) conflict resolution; | ||
(C) discipline strategies, including classroom | ||
management, district discipline policies, and the student code of | ||
conduct adopted under Section 37.001 and Chapter 37; | ||
(D) preventing, identifying, responding to, and | ||
reporting incidents of bullying; and | ||
(E) digital learning; | ||
(2) subject to Subsection (e) and to Section 21.3541 | ||
and rules adopted under that section, must include training that is | ||
evidence-based, as defined by Section 8101, Every Student Succeeds | ||
Act (20 U.S.C. Section 7801), that: | ||
(A) relates to instruction of students with | ||
disabilities; and | ||
(B) is designed for educators who work primarily | ||
outside the area of special education; and | ||
(3) must include suicide prevention and | ||
trauma-informed practices training that must be provided: | ||
(A) on an annual basis, as part of a new employee | ||
orientation, to all new school district and open-enrollment charter | ||
school educators; and | ||
(B) to existing school district and | ||
open-enrollment charter school educators on a schedule adopted by | ||
the agency by rule that requires an educator to be trained at least | ||
once every five years. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 161.325(a-1), Health and Safety Code, as | ||
amended by Chapters 522 (S.B. 179) and 714 (H.B. 4056), Acts of the | ||
85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, is reenacted and amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a-1) The list must include programs and practices in the | ||
following areas: | ||
(1) early mental health intervention; | ||
(2) mental health promotion; | ||
(3) substance abuse prevention and[ |
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practices; | ||
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emotions, establishing and maintaining positive relationships, and | ||
responsible decision-making; | ||
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supports and positive youth development; and | ||
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SECTION 3. Section 161.325, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsections (b-1), (c-3), (c-4), and (c-5) and | ||
amending Subsections (c-1) and (c-2) to read as follows: | ||
(b-1) The trauma-informed practices on the list must | ||
include components that provide for training counselors, teachers, | ||
nurses, administrators, and other staff, as well as law enforcement | ||
officers and social workers who regularly interact with students, | ||
to: | ||
(1) recognize students displaying signs of physical or | ||
emotional trauma; | ||
(2) recognize students displaying signs of physical or | ||
emotional trauma and a possible need for early mental health or | ||
substance abuse intervention, which warning signs may include | ||
declining academic performance, depression, anxiety, isolation, | ||
unexplained changes in sleep or eating habits, and destructive | ||
behavior toward self and others; and | ||
(3) intervene effectively with students described by | ||
this subsection by providing notice and referral to a parent or | ||
guardian so appropriate action, such as seeking mental health or | ||
substance abuse services, may be taken by a parent or guardian. | ||
(c-1) Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, each | ||
school district or open-enrollment charter school shall provide | ||
training described in the components set forth under Subsections | ||
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and all other appropriate personnel. A school district or | ||
open-enrollment charter school is required to provide the training | ||
at an elementary school campus only to the extent that sufficient | ||
funding and programs are available. A school district or | ||
open-enrollment charter school may implement a program on the list | ||
to satisfy the requirements of this subsection. | ||
(c-2) If a school district or open-enrollment charter | ||
school provides the training under Subsection (c-1): | ||
(1) a school district or open-enrollment charter | ||
school employee described under that subsection must participate in | ||
the training at least once every five years [ |
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(2) the school district or open-enrollment charter | ||
school shall maintain records that include the name of each | ||
district or school employee who participated in the training. | ||
(c-3) Each school district and open-enrollment charter | ||
school shall report annually to the Texas Education Agency the | ||
following information for the district or school as a whole and for | ||
each school campus: | ||
(1) the number of teachers, principals, and counselors | ||
employed by the district or school who have completed training | ||
under this section; and | ||
(2) the total number of teachers, principals, and | ||
counselors employed by the district or school. | ||
(c-4) The Texas Education Agency shall compile the | ||
information reported under Subsection (c-3) for the state as a | ||
whole, each district and open-enrollment charter school, and each | ||
campus. The agency shall make the information available to a member | ||
of the public who submits a public information request under | ||
Chapter 552, Government Code. | ||
(c-5) A school district or open-enrollment charter school | ||
may not receive any grant of money for mental health services from | ||
the agency unless the district or school is in compliance with | ||
Subsection (c-3). | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |