LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION March 27, 2013 TO: Honorable Dan Patrick, Chair, Senate Committee on Education FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB1178 by Deuell (Relating to training for public school educators in identifying mental health and suicide risks among students.), As Introduced No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would require school districts to provide early mental health intervention and suicide prevention training for teachers, counselors, principals, and other appropriate staff. Districts could satisfy the training requirements using one of the programs on the list developed by the Texas Department of State Health Services and the Texas Education Agency (TEA). Training at the elementary campus level would be required only to the extent that sufficient funding and programs were available. School districts would be required to maintain records of staff training. Local Government Impact School districts would experience some administrative costs to provide early mental health intervention and suicide prevention training and to maintain the records of all those who had been trained. Source Agencies:701 Central Education Agency LBB Staff: UP, JBi, JSc
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
March 27, 2013
TO: Honorable Dan Patrick, Chair, Senate Committee on Education FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB1178 by Deuell (Relating to training for public school educators in identifying mental health and suicide risks among students.), As Introduced
TO: Honorable Dan Patrick, Chair, Senate Committee on Education
FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB1178 by Deuell (Relating to training for public school educators in identifying mental health and suicide risks among students.), As Introduced
Honorable Dan Patrick, Chair, Senate Committee on Education
Honorable Dan Patrick, Chair, Senate Committee on Education
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
SB1178 by Deuell (Relating to training for public school educators in identifying mental health and suicide risks among students.), As Introduced
SB1178 by Deuell (Relating to training for public school educators in identifying mental health and suicide risks among students.), As Introduced
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would require school districts to provide early mental health intervention and suicide prevention training for teachers, counselors, principals, and other appropriate staff. Districts could satisfy the training requirements using one of the programs on the list developed by the Texas Department of State Health Services and the Texas Education Agency (TEA). Training at the elementary campus level would be required only to the extent that sufficient funding and programs were available. School districts would be required to maintain records of staff training.
Local Government Impact
School districts would experience some administrative costs to provide early mental health intervention and suicide prevention training and to maintain the records of all those who had been trained.
Source Agencies: 701 Central Education Agency
701 Central Education Agency
LBB Staff: UP, JBi, JSc
UP, JBi, JSc