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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to staff development requirements for public educators |
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regarding suicide prevention and other mental health training. |
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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-1), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(d-1) The training required by Subsection (d)(3): |
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(1) must: |
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(A) be provided: |
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(i) on an annual basis, as part of a new |
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employee orientation, to all new school district and |
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open-enrollment charter school educators; and |
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(ii) 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 that requires an educator to be trained at least |
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once every two years; and |
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(B) use a best practice-based program |
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recommended by the Health and Human Services Commission in |
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coordination with the agency under Section 38.351; and |
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(2) may include two or more listed topics together. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |