LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

May 13, 2013

TO:	Honorable Jimmie Don Aycock, Chair, House Committee on Public Education
FROM:	Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB1178 by Deuell (Relating to training for public school educators in identifying mental health and suicide risks among students.), As Engrossed

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would require school districts to provide early mental health intervention and suicide prevention training for teachers, counselors, principals, and other appropriate staff. Districts could satisfy the training requirements using one of the programs on the list developed by the Texas Department of State Health Services and the Texas Education Agency (TEA). Training at the elementary campus level would be required only to the extent that sufficient funding and programs were available. School districts would be required to maintain records of staff training.

Local Government Impact

School districts would experience some administrative costs to provide early mental health intervention and suicide prevention training and to maintain the records of all those who had been trained.

Source Agencies:

701 Central Education Agency

LBB Staff:

UP, JBi, JSc