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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to staff development in suicide prevention for public |
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school educators. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 21.451(d), (d-1), and (d-2), Education |
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Code, are amended to 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; |
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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 that is |
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evidence-based [based on scientifically based research], as |
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defined by Section 8002(6), Every Student Succeeds Act [9101, No
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Child Left Behind Act of 2001] (20 U.S.C. Section 7801), and 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) may [must] include suicide prevention training |
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that may [must] be provided: |
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(A) on an annual basis, as part of a new employee |
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orientation, to all new school district and open-enrollment charter |
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school educators; and |
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(B) to existing school district and |
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open-enrollment charter school educators on a schedule adopted by |
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the agency by rule. |
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(d-1) The suicide prevention training under [required by] |
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Subsection (d)(3) may [must] use a best practice-based program |
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recommended by the Department of State Health Services in |
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coordination with the agency under Section 161.325, Health and |
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Safety Code. |
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(d-2) The suicide prevention training under [required by] |
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Subsection (d)(3) may be provided [satisfied] through independent |
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review of suicide prevention training material that: |
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(1) complies with the guidelines developed by the |
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agency; and |
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(2) is offered online. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 |
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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, 2017. |