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Floor Packet Page No. 224                                                   



	

Amend HB 2 by adding the following appropriately numbered 

SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill 

accordingly:

	SECTION ___.  Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is 

amended by adding Section 38.0041 to read as follows:

	Sec. 38.0041.  CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT RECOGNITION AND 

RESPONSE TRAINING PILOT PROGRAM.  (a)  In this section, "abuse" and 

"neglect" have the meanings assigned by Section 261.001, Family 

Code.

	(b)  Not later than July 31, 2006, the agency, in 

consultation with the Department of Family and Protective Services, 

shall develop a pilot program to train school district employees in 

recognizing and responding appropriately to child abuse and 

neglect.

	(c)  The pilot program must be designed to provide uniform 

training standards for school district employees throughout this 

state.

	(d)  The commissioner shall select at least two school 

districts in which to implement the pilot program.  One of the 

districts must be located in a county that has a population of fewer 

than 1.4 million and contains at least 12 school districts.  The 

districts selected by the commissioner shall implement the pilot 

program beginning with the 2006-2007 school year.

	(e)  Not later than January 1, 2011, the commissioner shall 

submit a report concerning the effectiveness of the pilot program 

to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house 

of representatives, and the presiding officer of the standing 

committee of each house of the legislature with primary 

jurisdiction over public education.

	(f)  This section expires September 1, 2011.