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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the policies and procedures of a public school's threat |
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assessment and safe and supportive school teams. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 37.115(c), Education Code, as amended by |
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Chapters 896 (H.B. 3) and 948 (S.B. 1720), Acts of the 88th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, is reenacted and amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(c) The board of trustees of each school district shall |
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establish a threat assessment and safe and supportive school team |
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to serve at each campus of the district and shall adopt policies and |
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procedures for the teams. The team is responsible for developing |
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and implementing the safe and supportive school program under |
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Subsection (b) at the district campus served by the team. The |
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policies and procedures adopted under this section must: |
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(1) be consistent with the model policies and |
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procedures developed by the Texas School Safety Center; |
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(2) require each team to complete training provided by |
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the Texas School Safety Center or a regional education service |
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center regarding evidence-based threat assessment programs; |
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(3) require each team established under this section |
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to report the information required under Subsection (k) regarding |
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the team's activities to the agency; [and] |
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(4) provide for: |
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(A) a district employee who reports a potential |
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threat to a team to elect for the employee's identity to be |
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confidential and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, |
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Government Code, except as necessary for the team, the district, or |
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law enforcement to investigate the potential threat; and |
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(B) the district to maintain a record of the |
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identity of a district employee who elects for the employee's |
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identity to be confidential under Paragraph (A); |
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(5) [(4)] require each district campus to establish a |
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clear procedure for a student to report concerning behavior |
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exhibited by another student for assessment by the team or other |
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appropriate school employee; and |
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(6) require that, as soon as practicable after an |
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administrator or team for a district campus receives information |
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regarding a threat made against that campus, including through |
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social media, the administrator or team immediately provide to each |
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educator who may be directly affected by the threat notice that |
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includes: |
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(A) a statement of the existence of the threat; |
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(B) the specific language used in the threat, if |
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applicable; |
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(C) the nature of the threat; and |
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(D) any other pertinent details to ensure student |
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and staff safety. |
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SECTION 2. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails |
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over another Act of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, |
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relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted |
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codes. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |