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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to public school policies designed to prevent dating |
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violence. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 37, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 37.0831 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 37.0831. DATING VIOLENCE POLICIES. (a) Each school |
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district shall adopt and implement a dating violence policy to be |
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included in the district improvement plan under Section 11.252. |
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(b) A dating violence policy must: |
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(1) include a definition of dating violence that |
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includes the intentional use of physical, sexual, verbal, or |
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emotional abuse by a person to harm, threaten, intimidate, or |
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control another person in a continuing relationship of a romantic |
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or intimate nature; and |
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(2) address safety planning, enforcement of |
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protective orders, school-based alternatives to protective orders, |
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training for teachers and administrators, counseling for affected |
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students, and awareness education for students and parents. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2007. |