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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to public school policies and procedures for the |
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establishment of threat assessment teams. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 37, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 37.1091 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 37.1091. THREAT ASSESSMENT TEAM. (a) Each school |
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district and open-enrollment charter school shall adopt policies |
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and procedures in accordance with the guidelines developed by the |
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Texas School Safety Center, and in coordination with the agency, |
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for the establishment of threat assessment teams. The policies and |
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procedures must establish at least one threat assessment team and: |
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(1) the membership and composition of each threat |
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assessment team; |
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(2) the training requirements for a member of a threat |
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assessment team, including training provided by the Texas School |
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Safety Center in threat assessment protocols; |
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(3) guidance for students, faculty, and staff in |
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identifying and reporting any threatening or aberrant behavior that |
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may pose a threat to the community, school, or individual; and |
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(4) the process for threat assessment, management, |
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investigation, and response. |
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(b) A threat assessment team identifying a student at risk |
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of suicide shall act in accordance with the district's or school's |
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suicide prevention program. |
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(c) Each threat assessment team established under |
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Subsection (a) shall annually report to the Texas School Safety |
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Center the policies and procedures adopted by the team. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |