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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the confidentiality of the identity of a public school |
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employee who reports a potential threat to the school's threat |
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assessment and safe and supportive school team. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 37.115(c), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(c) The board of trustees of each school district shall |
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establish a threat assessment and safe and supportive school team |
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to serve at each campus of the district and shall adopt policies and |
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procedures for the teams. The team is responsible for developing |
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and implementing the safe and supportive school program under |
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Subsection (b) at the district campus served by the team. The |
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policies and procedures adopted under this section must: |
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(1) be consistent with the model policies and |
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procedures developed by the Texas School Safety Center; |
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(2) require each team to complete training provided by |
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the Texas School Safety Center or a regional education service |
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center regarding evidence-based threat assessment programs; [and] |
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(3) require each team established under this section |
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to report the information required under Subsection (k) regarding |
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the team's activities to the agency; and |
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(4) provide for: |
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(A) a district employee who reports a potential |
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threat to a team to elect for the employee's identity to be |
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confidential and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, |
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Government Code, except as necessary for the team, the district, or |
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law enforcement to investigate the potential threat; and |
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(B) the district to maintain a record of the |
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identity of a district employee who elects for the employee's |
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identity to be confidential under Paragraph (A). |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |