| 1 | 1 | | By: Van de Putte S.B. No. 1352 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (Alvarado) |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to inclusion of mental health concerns in existing state |
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| 8 | 8 | | and local coordinated school health efforts. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 28.004, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 11 | 11 | | amending Subsections (c) and (d) and adding Subsection (l-1) to |
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| 12 | 12 | | read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (c) The local school health advisory council's duties |
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| 14 | 14 | | include recommending: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (1) the number of hours of instruction to be provided |
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| 16 | 16 | | in health education; |
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| 17 | 17 | | (2) policies, procedures, strategies, and curriculum |
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| 18 | 18 | | appropriate for specific grade levels designed to prevent obesity, |
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| 19 | 19 | | cardiovascular disease, [and] Type 2 diabetes, and mental health |
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| 20 | 20 | | concerns through coordination of: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (A) health education; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (B) physical education and physical activity; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (C) nutrition services; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (D) parental involvement; [and] |
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| 25 | 25 | | (E) instruction to prevent the use of tobacco; |
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| 26 | 26 | | (F) school health services; |
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| 27 | 27 | | (G) counseling and guidance services; |
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| 28 | 28 | | (H) a safe and healthy school environment; and |
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| 29 | 29 | | (I) school employee wellness; and |
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| 30 | 30 | | (3) appropriate grade levels and methods of |
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| 31 | 31 | | instruction for human sexuality instruction[; and |
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| 32 | 32 | | [(4) strategies for integrating the curriculum |
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| 33 | 33 | | components specified by Subdivision (2) with the following elements |
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| 34 | 34 | | in a coordinated school health program for the district: |
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| 35 | 35 | | [(A) school health services; |
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| 36 | 36 | | [(B) counseling and guidance services; |
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| 37 | 37 | | [(C) a safe and healthy school environment; and |
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| 38 | 38 | | [(D) school employee wellness]. |
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| 39 | 39 | | (d) The board of trustees shall appoint at least five |
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| 40 | 40 | | members to the local school health advisory council. A majority of |
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| 41 | 41 | | the members must be persons who are parents of students enrolled in |
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| 42 | 42 | | the district and who are not employed by the district. One of those |
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| 43 | 43 | | members shall serve as chair or co-chair of the council. The board |
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| 44 | 44 | | of trustees also may appoint one or more persons from each of the |
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| 45 | 45 | | following groups or a representative from a group other than a group |
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| 46 | 46 | | specified under this subsection: |
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| 47 | 47 | | (1) public school teachers; |
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| 48 | 48 | | (2) public school administrators; |
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| 49 | 49 | | (3) district students; |
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| 50 | 50 | | (4) health care professionals; |
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| 51 | 51 | | (5) the business community; |
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| 52 | 52 | | (6) law enforcement; |
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| 53 | 53 | | (7) senior citizens; |
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| 54 | 54 | | (8) the clergy; |
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| 55 | 55 | | (9) nonprofit health organizations; [and] |
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| 56 | 56 | | (10) local domestic violence programs; |
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| 57 | 57 | | (11) local community mental health providers; and |
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| 58 | 58 | | (12) local substance abuse services providers. |
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| 59 | 59 | | (l-1) The local school health advisory council shall: |
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| 60 | 60 | | (1) review the adopted health education curriculum for |
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| 61 | 61 | | accuracy and content related to mental health and consider the |
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| 62 | 62 | | inclusion of the following topics: |
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| 63 | 63 | | (A) recognition of signs and symptoms related to |
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| 64 | 64 | | mental illness; |
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| 65 | 65 | | (B) mental health stigmas; |
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| 66 | 66 | | (C) substance abuse; and |
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| 67 | 67 | | (D) stress management; |
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| 68 | 68 | | (2) make recommendations regarding professional |
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| 69 | 69 | | development designed to promote the ability of school district |
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| 70 | 70 | | staff to build positive relationships with students, increase |
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| 71 | 71 | | school connectedness, and improve recognition and understanding of |
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| 72 | 72 | | mental health issues; and |
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| 73 | 73 | | (3) make policy recommendations to the school district |
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| 74 | 74 | | concerning the integration of social and emotional learning into |
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| 75 | 75 | | the academic curriculum. |
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| 76 | 76 | | SECTION 2. Subsection (a), Section 38.013, Education Code, |
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| 77 | 77 | | is amended to read as follows: |
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| 78 | 78 | | (a) The agency shall make available to each school district |
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| 79 | 79 | | one or more coordinated health programs designed to prevent |
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| 80 | 80 | | obesity, cardiovascular disease, [and] Type 2 diabetes, and mental |
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| 81 | 81 | | health concerns in elementary school, middle school, and junior |
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| 82 | 82 | | high school students. Each program must provide for coordinating: |
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| 83 | 83 | | (1) health education; |
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| 84 | 84 | | (2) physical education and physical activity; |
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| 85 | 85 | | (3) nutrition services; [and] |
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| 86 | 86 | | (4) parental involvement; and |
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| 87 | 87 | | (5) physical and mental health policies, services, and |
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| 88 | 88 | | supports. |
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| 89 | 89 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 90 | 90 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 91 | 91 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 92 | 92 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 93 | 93 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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