86 th legislative Information Guide

1. 86th legislative Information Guide Rod Pruitt, MA Region 14 ESC rpruitt@esc14.net

2. https://legiscan.com/TX/text/HB18/id/2019718 look at Enrolled Bills • Texas System of Education Service Centers 86th Legislature Bill Book see highlights and bookmarks • TASB Mandated Trainings July 2019 Sources and Resources

3. New Law Ch. 26.015 of the Texas Education Code • Every campus should already have a principal or administrator serving as a Campus Behavior Coordinator that: • Has duties lined out by campus or district policy • Is responsible for Ch. 37 student discipline. • Notifies parents and/or holds meetings for students placed in ISS, OSS, DAEP, expelled, placed in JJAEP, or taken into police custody • Notifications must take place by 5pm the day after discipline action is taken or mailed written notice. • Notify parents of a victim of 17 Murder, 18 Indecency with a child, 19 Aggravated kidnapping, 28 Assault, 30 Aggravated assault 32 Sexual assault or aggravated sexual assault, 46 Aggravated Robbery, 47 Manslaughter of the students right to transfer see FDE Legal and Local policy • Attend training every three years in Ch. 37 Discipline • A school district shall post on the district's Internet website, for each district campus, the e-mail address and dedicated telephone number of the campus behavior coordinator or the campus administrator in charge of discipline for a district of innovation. Campus Behavior CoordinatorNew Law SB1306

4. New Law Ch. 37.001(a) of the Texas Education Code • Before ordering the suspension, expulsion, removal to a disciplinary alternative education program, or placement in a juvenile justice alternative education program of a student, the behavior coordinator must consider whether: • A student’s status in the conservatorship of DFPS; and • Homelessness • New Law Ch. 37.005 of the Texas Education Code • A student 3rd Grade or under OR ANY HOMELESS STUDENT may not be placed in out-of-school suspension unless while on school property or while attending a school-sponsored or school-related activity on or off of school property, the student engages in conduct related to: • weapons under Section 46.02 or 46.05, Penal Code; • a violent offense under Section 22.01, 22.011, 22.02, or 22.021, Penal Code; or • selling, giving, delivering, or possessing, using, or being under the influence of any amount of: marihuana, controlled substance, dangerous drug, or alcoholic beverage • The campus behavior coordinator may coordinate with the school district's homeless education liaison to identify appropriate alternatives to out-of-school suspension for a student who is homeless. Discipline of Homeless or Foster Students RequirementsNew Law HB692HB2184

5. New Law Ch. 37.023 of the Texas Education Code • As soon as a release date from an Alternative Education Program is know the Alternative Education Program Administrator SHALL: • Provide written notice of that date to: • The parents and campus administrator the student will transition back to. • Provide to the campus administrator: • An assessment of the student academic growth while in the AEP • Results of an assessment instrument administered to student • No later than 5 instructional days after the date of the students release from the AEP the campus administrator SHALL coordinate the students transition to a regular classroom. The coordination must include assistance and recommendations from: (1) school counselors; (2) school district peace officers; (3) school resource officers; (4) licensed clinical social workers; (5) campus behavior coordinators; (6) classroom teachers who are or may be responsible for implementing the student's personalized transition plan developed under Subsection (d); (7) any other appropriate school district personnel. • The personalized transition plan must include recommendations of the best educational placement and may include recommendations for counseling, behavior management, or academic assistance to help with student’s academic or career goals; recommendations to access to mental health service (district or community); information to parents on how to be evaluated for SPED; regular review of the students progress on academic or career goals. • If practicable the campus administrator or designee shall meet with the student’s parents to coordinate the personal transition plan. Discipline Transition from DAEP RequirementsNew Law HB2184

6. New Law Ch. 37.006(a) of the Texas Education Code • A student shall be removed to a DAEP if they engage in the following conduct against an employee of the school district: • Section 42.07(a)(1), (2), (3), or (7), Penal Code, • (a) A person commits an offense if, with intent to harass, annoy, alarm, abuse, torment, or embarrass another, the person: • (1) initiates communication and in the course of the communication makes a comment, request, suggestion, or proposal that is obscene; • (2) threatens, in a manner reasonably likely to alarm the person receiving the threat, to inflict bodily injury on the person or to commit a felony against the person, a member of the person's family or household, or the person's property; • (3) conveys, in a manner reasonably likely to alarm the person receiving the report, a false report, which is known by the conveyor to be false, that another person has suffered death or serious bodily injury; • (7) sends repeated electronic communications in a manner reasonably likely to harass, annoy, alarm, abuse, torment, embarrass, or offend another. Discipline DAEP Placement RequirementsNew Law HB2432

7. New Law Ch. 37.0011(a) of the Texas Education Code • Prohibits employees, volunteers or independent contractors of a school district from using “aversive techniques” defined as “techniques or interventions that a intended to reduce the likelihood of a behavior reoccurring by intentionally inflicting on a student significant physical or emotional discomfort or pain.” The term includes a technique or intervention that: • likely to cause physical pain, other than an intervention or technique permitted under Section 37.0011 • Pain through electric shock or unpleasant spray • Denies adequate sleep, air, food, water, shelter, bedding, physical comfort, or access to a restroom facility • Ridicules or demeans a student or constitutes verbal abuse • Uses a device the immobilizes all four extremities or uses a prone or supine floor restraint • Impairs students breathing or circulation • Secure to a stationary object • Hinders the students ability to communicate or use one or more senses • Use of chemical restraint • Use of timeout or isolation by physical barrier that impacts their ability to be involved in required curriculum or IEP • A school district can not authorize, order, or consent to an aversive technique to a student Discipline DAEP Placement RequirementsNew Law SB712

8. CH 38.030 (a) of the Texas Education Code • TEA has till Oct. 1, 2019 to develop the course of instruction • District have until Jan. 1, 2020 to develop and implement a traumatic injury response protocol • Each school district and open-enrollment charter school shall develop and annually make available a protocol for school employees and volunteers to follow in the event of a traumatic injury. • The protocol required under this section must: • provide for a school district or open-enrollment charter school to maintain and make available to school employees and volunteers bleeding control stations               • ensure that bleeding control stations are stored in easily accessible areas of the campus that are selected by the district's school safety and security committee or the charter school's governing body areas where AEDs are stored; • require that agency-approved training on the use of a bleeding control station in the event of an injury to another person be provided to: • each school district peace officer, school security personnel, SRO’s and all district personnel who may be reasonably expected to use a bleeding control station • students enrolled at the campus in 7th grade or higher. • The course of instruction must use nationally recognized, evidence-based guidelines from developed by the American College of Surgeons or the United States Department of Homeland Security for bleeding control and must incorporate instruction on the psychomotor skills necessary to use a bleeding control station in the event of an injury to another person, including instruction on proper chest seal placement. • The course of instruction for training described under Subsection (f) may not be provided as an online course. Stop the Bleed Training and StationsNew LawHB496

9. A bleeding control station required under this section must contain all of the following required supplies in quantities determined appropriate by the superintendent of the district or the director of the school: • tourniquets approved for use in battlefield trauma care by the armed forces of the United States; • chest seals * • compression bandages • bleeding control bandages • space emergency blankets * • latex-free gloves • markers • scissors and • instructional documents developed by the American College of Surgeons or the United States Department of Homeland Security * These items are not in the kits provided by Region 14, local hospitals, or local Emergency Management. Stop the Bleed Training and StationsNew LawHB496

10. 38.032 of Texas Education Code • Not later than December 1, 2019, TEA shall approve online courses of instruction to satisfy the training requirements of Section 38.033 • A seizure management and treatment plan that, may have parents and the physician responsible for the students seizure treatment, must be submitted to the school: • Before or at the beginning of the year, on enrollment of the student, or as soon a practicable following the diagnosis of a seizure disorder. • It must: identify the health care services the student may receive at school or while participating in a school activity; evaluate the student's ability to manage and level of understanding of the student's seizures; an be signed by the student's parent or guardian and the physician responsible for the student's seizure treatment. The care of a student with seizure disorders by a district employee and immunity of liability. • 38.033 of Texas Education Code • SEIZURE RECOGNITION AND RELATED FIRST AID TRAINING. (a)  A school nurse employed by a school district must complete an agency-approved online course of instruction for school nurses and school personnel regarding managing students with seizure disorders that includes information about seizure recognition and related first aid. • A school district employee, other than a school nurse, whose duties at the school include regular contact with students must complete an agency-approved online course of instruction for school personnel regarding awareness of students with seizure disorders that includes information about seizure recognition and related first aid. Seizure Management and Treatment Plan and Nurse Staff TrainingNew Law HB684

11. Amends 11.1515 of the Education Code • Trustee must completeevery two years at least: • one hour of training on identifying and reporting potential victims of sexual abuse, human trafficking, and other maltreatment of children. • The training required must be research-based and designed to support the oversight role of the board of trustees. • Amends 21.054 of the Education Code • Superintendent must include at least 2-1/2 hours of training every five years on identifying and reporting potential victims of sexual abuse, human trafficking, and other maltreatment of children.  For any continuing education requirements period that ends before January 1, 2021. • A policy required by this section must address methods for increasing staff, student, and parent awareness of issues regarding sexual abuse, sex trafficking, and other maltreatment of children, including prevention techniques and knowledge of likely warning signs indicating that a child may be a victim of sexual abuse, sex trafficking, or other maltreatment including students with significant cognitive disabilities, using resources developed by the agencyor the commissionerregarding those issues, including resources developed by the agency under Section 38.004 • The training: 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; Human Sex Trafficking TrainingNew Law HB403

12. Amends Ch. 21.054, 33.005, 21,451(d) • This act takes effect December 1, 2019 • It defines “Mental Health Condition” and “Substance Abuse”. • District shall publish in the handbook and post on the district website: • A statement of the policies and procedures to promote mental health of students and the mental health resources available at each campus • Contact information of the nearest provider of public health, local mental health authority • State if the campus has a full time nurse and full time school counselor • District Shall develop practices and procedures: •  to support the return of a student to school following hospitalization or residential treatment for a mental health condition or substance abuse; and for suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention. Mental Health, Substance Abuse, and Suicide Prevention, Intervention, and PostventionNew Law HB18

13. Amends Ch. 21,451(d) • Staff Training Sections may include training in: • positive behavior intervention and support strategies, including classroom management, district discipline policies, and the student code of conduct adopted under Chapter 37 • relates to instruction of students with disabilities, including students with disabilities who also have other intellectual or mental health conditions; • must include training on: • suicide prevention; • recognizing signs of mental health conditions and substance abuse; • strategies for establishing and maintaining positive relationships among students, including conflict resolution; •  how grief and trauma affect student learning and behavior and how evidence-based, grief-informed, and trauma-informed strategies support the academic success of students affected by grief and trauma; an  • preventing, identifying, responding to, and reporting incidents of bullying. • The training required must: • be provided: on an annual basis, as part of a new employee orientation, to all new school district and to existing school district school educators on a schedule adopted by the agency by rule; an use a best practice-based  program recommended by the Health and Human Services Commission in coordination with the agency Mental Health, Substance Abuse, and Suicide Prevention, Intervention, and Postvention TrainingNew Law HB18

14. Amends Ch. 21,451(d) • Continuing education requirements for a classroom teacher must provide that at least 25 percent of the training required every five years Include instruction regarding: • educating diverse student populations, including: • studentswho are eligible to participate inspecial education programs under Subchapter A, Chapter 29 • students who are eligible to receiveeducational services required under Section 504, RehabilitationAct of 1973 (29 U.S.C. Section 794); • students with mental health conditions or whoengage in substance abuse; • students with intellectual or developmental disabilities; • understanding appropriate relationships, boundaries, and communications between educators and students; and • howmentalhealth conditions, including grief and trauma, affect student learning and behavior and how evidence-based, grief-informed, and trauma-informed strategies support the academic success of students affected by grief and trauma. • The instruction required under Subsection (d)(6) mustbe:based on relevant best practice-based programs andresearch-based practices; andapproved by the commissioner, in consultation withthe Health and Human Services Commission. Mental Health, Substance Abuse, and Suicide Prevention, Intervention, and Postvention TrainingNew Law HB18

15. Amends Ch. 21,451(d) • Continuing education requirements for a principal must provide that at least 25 percent of the training required every five years include instruction regarding: • effective implementation of a comprehensiveschool counseling program under • Section 33.005; • mental health programs addressing a mental healthcondition; • educating diverse student populations, including: • studentswho are eligible to participate inspecial education programs under Subchapter A, Chapter 29 • students with intellectual or developmentaldisabilities; • students who are eligible to receiveeducational services required under Section 504, RehabilitationAct of 1973 (29 U.S.C. Section 794); •  students with mental health conditions or whoengage in substance abuse; • preventing, recognizing, and reporting any sexual conduct between an educator and student that is prohibited under Section 21.12, Penal Code, or for which reporting is required under Section 21.006 of this code • howmental healthconditions, including grief and trauma, affect student learning and behavior and how evidence-based, grief-informed, and trauma-informed strategies support the academic success of students affected by grief and trauma. • The instruction required under Subsection (e)(8) mustbe: based on relevant best practice-based programs and research-basedpractices; and approved by the commissioner, in consultation withthe Health and Human Services Commission. Mental Health, Substance Abuse, and Suicide Prevention, Intervention, and Postvention TrainingNew Law HB18

16. Amends Ch. 21,451(d) • Continuing education requirements for a counselor must provide thatat least 25 percent of training required every five years include instruction regarding: • counseling students concerning mental healthconditions and substance abuse, including through the use ofgrief-informed and trauma-informed interventions and crisismanagement and suicide prevention strategies; and • effective implementation of a comprehensiveschool counseling program under Section 33.005. • The board shall adopt rules that allow an educator to fulfill continuing education requirementsby participating in an evidence-based mental health first aid training program or an evidence-based grief-informed andtrauma-informed care program • The rules adopted under this subsection must allow an educator tocomplete a program described by this subsection and receive credittoward continuing education requirements for twice the number ofhours of instruction provided under that program, not to exceed 16hours.The program must be offered through a classroom instructionformat that requires in-person attendance. Mental Health, Substance Abuse, and Suicide Prevention, Intervention, and Postvention TrainingNew Law HB18

17. Amends Ch. 21 • The board of trustees shall appoint at least five members to the localschool health advisory council.  A majority ofthe members must be persons who are parents of students enrolled inthe district and who are not employed by the district. • School Board may appoint one or more persons from each of the following groups: • classroom teachers employed by thedistrict; • school counselors certified under Subchapter B,Chapter 21, employed by the district; • school administrators employed by thedistrict; • district students; • health care professionals licensed orcertified to practice in this state, including medical or mentalhealth professionals; • the business community; • law enforcement; • senior citizens; • the clergy; • nonprofit health organizations; and • local domestic violence programs. School Health Advisory CouncilNew Law HB18

18. Amends Ch. 21 • The local school health advisory council's duties include recommending: • the number of hours of instruction to be provided in: • health education in kindergarten through grade eight; and if the school district requires health education for high school graduation, health education, including physical health education and mental health education, in grades 9 through 12; • policies, procedures, strategies, and curriculum appropriate for specific grade levels designed to prevent physical health concerns, including obesity, cardiovascular disease, Type 2 diabetes, and mental health concerns through coordination of: • health education, which must address physical health concerns and mental health concerns to ensure the integration of physical health education and mental health education; • instruction on substance abuse prevention • school health services, including mental health services; • a comprehensive school counseling program under Section 33.005 • strategies for integrating the curriculum components specified by Subdivision (2) with the following elements in a coordinated school health program for the district: • school health services, including physical health services and mental health services, if provided at a campus by the district or by a third party under a contract with the district; • a comprehensive school counseling program under Section 33.005; School Health Advisory CouncilNew Law HB18

19. Amends 28.004 • The local school health advisory council's duties include recommending • policies, procedures, strategies, and curriculum appropriate for specific grade levels designed to prevent obesity, cardiovascular disease, Type 2 diabetes, and mental health concerns, including suicide, through coordination of: • strategies to increase parental awarenessregarding: •  risky behaviors and early warning signs ofsuicide risks and behavioral health concerns, including mentalhealth disorders and substance use disorders; and • available community programs and servicesthat address risky behaviors, suicide risks, and behavioral healthconcerns. • The local school health advisory council shall makepolicy recommendations to the district to increase parentalawareness of suicide-related risk factors and warning signs andavailable community suicide prevention services. School Health Advisory CouncilNew Law SB11

20. SECTION 32.  TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY: ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR SCHOOL SAFETY. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $100,000,000 is appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to the Texas Education Agency for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act to provide funding to public schools, including the School for the Blind and Visually Impaired and the School for the Deaf, under Strategy B.2.2., Health and Safety, as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations Act), for:              (1)  exterior doors with push bars;              (2)  metal detectors at school entrances;              (3)  erected vehicle barriers;              (4)  security systems that monitor and record school entrances, exits, and hallways;              (5)  campus-wide active shooter alarm systems that are separate from fire alarms;              (6)  two-way radio systems;              (7)  perimeter security fencing;              (8)  bullet-resistant glass or film for school entrances; and               (9)  door-locking systems. Funding for two years for School Safety New Law SB500Funds are about $7 per student.

21. Section 39.053(c). • The district improvement plan must include provisions for: • the policy under Section 38.0041 addressing sexual abuse and other maltreatment of children; andthe trauma-informed care policy required underSection 38.036. • Section 28.002 • Each school district that offers kindergarten through grade 12 shall offer, as a required curriculum: • health, with emphasis on: • physical health, including the importance of proper nutrition and exercise; • mental health, including instructionabout mental health conditions, substance abuse, skills to manageemotions, establishing and maintaining positive relationships, andresponsible decision-making; an • suicide prevention, includingrecognizing suicide-related risk factors and warning signs • The State Board of Education by rule shall require eachschool district to incorporate instruction in digital citizenshipinto the district's curriculum, including information regardingthe potential criminal consequences of cyberbullying.  In thissubsection: • "Cyberbullying" has the meaning assigned bySection 37.0832. •  "Digital citizenship" means the standards ofappropriate, responsible, and healthy online behavior, includingthe ability to access, analyze, evaluate, create, and act on all forms of digital communication. Mental Health, Substance Abuse, and Suicide Prevention, Intervention, and PostventionNew Law SB11

22. Sec. 7.061.  FACILITIES STANDARDS • No later that September 1 of each even-numbered year the commissioner shall review all rules adopted or amended to ensure that building standards for school districts facilities continue to provide a secure and safe environment. The commissioner shall include the use of best practices for: • the design and construction of new facilities; and • the improvement, renovation, and retrofitting ofexisting facilities. School Safety Facility StandardNew Law SB11

23. Audits • At least once every three years, each school district or public junior college district shall conduct a safety and security audit of the district's facilities. • Must use an audit or procedure developed by the Texas School Safety Center or • Aperson included inthe registry established by the Texas School Safety Center underSection 37.2091 • district must certify that the district used the funds provided to the district through the schoolsafety allotment under Section 42.168 only for the purposesprovided by that section. School Safety AuditsNew Law SB11

24. Amends Ch. 37.108 Texas Education Code • Each district shall adopt and multi-hazard Emergency Operation Plan that addresses: • prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery as defined by the Texas School Safety Center in conjunction with thegovernor's office of homeland security and thecommissioner. • The plan must: • training in responding to an emergencyfor district employees, including substitute teachers; • measures to ensure district employees, includingsubstitute teachers, have classroom access to a telephone,including a cellular telephone, or another electroniccommunication device allowing for immediate contact with districtemergency services or emergency services agencies, law enforcementagencies, health departments, and fire departments; • measures to ensure district communicationstechnology and infrastructure are adequate to allow forcommunication during an emergency; • mandatory school drills and exercises, including drills requiredunder Section 37.114,to prepare district students and employees for responding to an emergency; Multi-hazard Emergency Operation PlanNew Law SB11

25. Amends Ch. 37.108 Texas Education Code • The report (DAR?) provided to the Texas SchoolSafety Center • Must be signed by the board of trustees and superintendent • A school district shall include in its multihazardemergency operations plan: • a chain of command that designates the individualresponsible for making final decisions during a disaster oremergency situation and others if the designated person is unavailable; • provisions that address physical andpsychological safety • provisions for ensuring the safety of students inportable buildings; • provisions for ensuring that students and districtpersonnel with disabilities are provided equal access to safety • provisions for providing immediate notificationto parents, guardians, and other persons standing in parentalrelation in circumstances involving a significant threat • provisions for supporting the psychologicalsafety of students, district personnel, and the community duringthe response and recovery phase • situation that:are aligned with best practice-basedprograms and research-based practices include strategies for ensuring any requiredprofessional development training for suicide prevention andgrief-informed and trauma-informed care is provided to appropriateschool personnel; Multi-hazard Emergency Operation PlanNew Law SB11

26. Amends Ch. 37.108 Texas Education Code • training on integratingpsychological safety and suicide prevention strategies into thedistrict's plan, such as psychological first aid for schoolstraining, from an approved list of recommended training establishedby the commissioner and Texas School Safety Center for: • members of the district's school safetyand security committee • district school counselors and mentalhealth professionals; • educators and other districtpersonnel as determined by the district; • include strategies and procedures forintegrating and supporting physical and psychological safety • implement trauma-informed policies; • a policy for providing a substitute teacher accessto school campus buildings and materials necessary for thesubstitute teacher to carry out the duties of a district employeeduring an emergency or a mandatory emergency drill; Psychological First Aid Training and Substitute Emergency and Drill SupportNew Law SB11

27. Section 37.109 is Amended • School Safety Committee to the greatest extent possible, must include: • Representative(s) from the city or county Emergency Manager which the district is located. • Representative(s) of the local policedepartment or sheriff's office; • Representative(s) of the district'spolice department, if applicable; • President of the district's board of trustees; • A member of the district's board of trustees otherthan the president; • The district's superintendent; • One or more designees of the district'ssuperintendent, one of whom must be a classroom teacher in thedistrict; • If the district partners with an open-enrollmentcharter school a member of theirgoverning body or a designee ofthe governing body; and • two parents or guardians of students enrolled inthe district School Safety Committee New Law SB11

28. Section 37.109 is Amended • School Safety Committee shall: • periodically provide recommendations to thedistrict's board of trustees and district administrators regardingupdating the district multihazard emergency operations • consult with local law enforcement agencies onmethods to increase law enforcement presence near districtcampuses. • thecommittee shall meet at least once during each academic semesterand at least once during the summer. • The committee is subject to Chapter 551, GovernmentCode, and may meet in executive session as provided by that chapter.  Notice of a committee meeting must be posted in the same manner asnotice of a meeting of the district's board of trustees. School Safety CommitteeNew Law SB11

29. Sec. 37.113. • NOTIFICATION REGARDING BOMB THREAT ORTERRORISTIC THREAT. • A school district that receives a bomb threator terroristic threat relating to a campus or other districtfacility at which students are present shall provide notificationof the threat as soon as possible to the parent of each student who isassigned to the campus or who regularly uses the facility. Parent Notification of Bomb or Terroristic ThreatNew Law SB11

30. Sec. 37.114.   EMERGENCY EVACUATIONS; MANDATORY SCHOOLDRILLS. • The commissioner, in consultation with the Texas SchoolSafety Center and the state fire marshal, shall adopt rules: • providing procedures for evacuating and securingschool property during an emergency; and • Must do a certain numbers and types of drill not to exceed 8 drills a semester to include: • Evacuation fire drills • Lockdown • Lockout • Shelter-in-Place • Evacuation Mandatory DrillsNew Law SB11

31. Sec. 37.115.   • THREAT ASSESSMENT AND SAFE AND SUPPORTIVESCHOOL PROGRAM AND TEAM • The board of trustees of each school district shall establish a threat assessment and safe and supportive school team to serve at each campus of the district and shall: • adopt policies andprocedures for the teams. • The team is responsible for developingand implementing the safe and supportive school program underSubsection (b) at the district campus served by the team. • Thepolicies and procedures adopted under this section must: • be consistent with the model policies andprocedures developed by the Texas School Safety Center; • require each team to complete training provided bythe Texas School Safety Center or a regional education servicecenter regarding evidence-based threat assessment programs; and • require each team established under this sectionto report the information required under Subsection (k) regardingthe team's activities to the agency. • The superintendent of the district shall ensure that themembers appointed to each team have expertise in counseling,behavior management, mental health and substance use, classroominstruction, special education, school administration, schoolsafety and security, emergency management, and law enforcement. Ateam may serve more than one campus of a school district, providedthat each district campus is assigned a team THREAT ASSESSMENT AND SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE SCHOOL PROGRAM AND TEAMNew Law SB11

32. Sec. 37.115.   • THREAT ASSESSMENT AND SAFE AND SUPPORTIVESCHOOL PROGRAM AND TEAM • Each team shall: • conduct a threat assessment that includes: • assessing and reporting individuals who makethreats of violence or exhibit harmful, threatening, or violentbehavior in accordance with the policies and procedures adoptedunder Subsection (c) • gathering and analyzing data to determine thelevel of risk and appropriate intervention, including: • referring a student for mental healthassessment; and • implementing an escalation procedure,if appropriate based on the team's assessment, in accordance withdistrict policy; • provide guidance to students and school employeeson recognizing harmful, threatening, or violent behavior that maypose a threat to the community, school, or individual; and • support the district in implementing thedistrict's multihazardemergency operations plan • On a determination that a student or other individualposes a serious risk of violence to self or others, a team shallimmediately report the team's determination to the superintendent.If the individual is a student, the superintendent shallimmediately attempt to inform the parent or person standing inparental relation to the student. • A team identifying a student at risk of suicide shallact in accordance with the district's suicide prevention program.If the student at risk of suicide also makes a threat of violence toothers, the team shall conduct a threat assessment in addition toactions taken in accordance with the district's suicide preventionprogram. • A team identifying a student using or possessingtobacco, drugs, or alcohol shall act in accordance with districtpolicies and procedures related to substance use prevention andintervention. THREAT ASSESSMENT AND SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE SCHOOL PROGRAM AND TEAMNew Law SB11

33. Sec. 37.115.   A team must report to the agency : • the occupation of each person appointed to theteam; • the number of threats and a description of the typeof the threats reported to the team; • the outcome of each assessment made by the team,including: • any disciplinary action taken, including achange in school placement; • any action taken by law enforcement; or • a referral to or change in counseling, mentalhealth, special education, or other services; • the total number, disaggregated by student gender,race, and status as receiving special education services, being atrisk of dropping out of school, being in foster care, experiencinghomelessness, being a dependent of military personnel, beingpregnant or a parent, having limited English proficiency, or beinga migratory child, of, in connection with an assessment or reportedthreat by the team: • citations issued for Class C misdemeanoroffenses • Arrests • incidents of uses of restraint • changes in school placement, includingplacement in a juvenile justice alternative education program ordisciplinary alternative education program • referrals to or changes in counseling, mentalhealth, special education, or other services • placements in in-school suspension orout-of-school suspension and incidents of expulsion • unexcused absences of 15 or more days duringthe school year; and • referrals to juvenile court for truancy THREAT ASSESSMENT AND SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE SCHOOL PROGRAM AND TEAMNew Law SB11

34. Sec. 37.115.   A team must report to the agency : • the number and percentage of school personneltrained in: • a best-practices program or research-basedpractice under Section 161.325, Health and Safety Code, includingthe number and percentage of school personnel trained in: • suicide prevention; or • grief and trauma-informed practices; • mental health or psychological first aid forschools; • training relating to the safe and supportiveschool program • any other program relating to safetyidentified by the commissioner. THREAT ASSESSMENT AND SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE SCHOOL PROGRAM AND TEAMNew Law SB11