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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to suicide prevention training for educators in public |
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schools. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 21.451(d), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(d) The staff development: |
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(1) may include training in: |
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(A) technology; |
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(B) conflict resolution; |
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(C) discipline strategies, including classroom |
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management, district discipline policies, and the student code of |
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conduct adopted under Section 37.001 and Chapter 37; and |
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(D) preventing, identifying, responding to, and |
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reporting incidents of bullying; [and] |
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(2) subject to Subsection (e) and to Section 21.3541 |
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and rules adopted under that section, must include training based |
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on scientifically based research, as defined by Section 9101, No |
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Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (20 U.S.C. Section 7801), that: |
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(A) relates to instruction of students with |
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disabilities; and |
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(B) is designed for educators who work primarily |
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outside the area of special education; and |
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(3) must on an annual basis include at least two hours |
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of in-service training in suicide prevention, using a best |
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practice-based program recommended by the Department of State |
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Health Services in coordination with the agency under Section |
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161.325, Health and Safety Code. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016 |
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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, 2015. |