Honorable Jimmie Don Aycock, Chair, House Committee on Public Education
FROM:
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB2186 by Cook (Relating to suicide prevention training for certain educators and other employees of a school district.), As Introduced
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would require school district teachers, counselors, principals, and all other appropriate personnel to participate annually, rather than once, in suicide prevention training if the school district provided the training.
The bill has no direct fiscal implications for the Foundation School Program (FSP) or the operations of the Texas Education Agency (TEA). The Department of State Health Services indicates that provisions of the bill could be absorbed within existing resources.
Local Government Impact
There would be administrative costs to school districts to provide the training annually and districts may require the use of substitutes. The administrative costs would vary from district to district depending on whether the district offered the training and how many employees would need to be trained annually.
Source Agencies:
537 State Health Services, Department of, 701 Central Education Agency