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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring public schools to provide to certain parents |
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notice regarding certain incidents and risks related to the |
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parent's child and suicide prevention materials. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 37.0832, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (c-2) and (c-3) to read as follows: |
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(c-2) The procedure for providing notice to a parent or |
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guardian of an alleged victim of an incident of bullying under |
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Subsection (c)(4) must include requirements to: |
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(1) maintain a record that verifies the parent or |
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guardian was notified of the incident; and |
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(2) provide the parent or guardian with: |
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(A) suicide prevention materials; and |
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(B) information on ways to limit the student's |
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access to means of committing suicide, including a firearm or |
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medication. |
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(c-3) The agency, in coordination with the Health and Human |
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Services Commission, shall select the materials and information |
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described by Subsection (c-2)(2). |
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SECTION 2. Section 38.351, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (e-1) and (e-2) to read as follows: |
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(e-1) The board of trustees of a school district or the |
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governing body of an open-enrollment charter school shall adopt a |
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policy that establishes a procedure for providing notice in |
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addition to any notice provided in accordance with Subsection |
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(e)(3) to a parent or guardian of a student who is identified as at |
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risk of suicide. The procedure must include requirements to: |
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(1) maintain a record that verifies the parent or |
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guardian was notified regarding the risk; and |
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(2) provide the parent or guardian with: |
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(A) suicide prevention materials; and |
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(B) information on ways to limit the student's |
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access to means of committing suicide, including a firearm or |
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medication. |
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(e-2) The agency, in coordination with the Health and Human |
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Services Commission, shall select the materials and information |
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described by Subsection (e-1)(2). |
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SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 4. 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, 2025. |