By: Hull, Leo-Wilson, Morales Shaw H.B. No. 473
        (Senate Sponsor - Sparks)
         (In the Senate - Received from the House April 18, 2023;
  April 19, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on
  Education; May 10, 2023, reported adversely, with favorable
  Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 11, Nays 0;
  May 10, 2023, sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 473 By:  Paxton
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to parental rights regarding a threat assessment of a
  student conducted by a public school's threat assessment and safe
  and supportive school team.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 37.115, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsections (f-1) and (f-2) to read as follows:
         (f-1)  Before a team may conduct a threat assessment of a
  student, the team must notify the parent of or person standing in
  parental relation to the student regarding the assessment. In
  conducting the assessment, the team shall make a good faith effort
  to provide an opportunity for the parent or person to:
               (1)  participate in the assessment, either in person or
  remotely; and
               (2)  submit to the team information regarding the
  student.
         (f-2)  After completing a threat assessment of a student, the
  team shall provide to the parent of or person standing in parental
  relation to the student the team's findings and conclusions
  regarding the student.
         SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024
  school year.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
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