84R6585 MK-D
By: Dukes H.B. No. 1767
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the establishment of a workgroup to examine the
implementation of dating violence awareness and education programs
in public schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 37.0831, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f) to read as follows:
(c) The commissioner shall establish a workgroup to make
recommendations related to ensuring and improving implementation
of the dating violence policy required under Subsection (a) in
public schools. The workgroup must be composed of:
(1) one member from the agency;
(2) one member from the Texas State Teachers
Association;
(3) one member from the Texas American Federation of
Teachers;
(4) one member from the Association of Texas
Professional Educators;
(5) one member from the Texas Association of School
Boards;
(6) one member from the Texas Association of School
Administrators;
(7) one member from the Texas School Counselor
Association;
(8) one member from the Texas Association of Secondary
School Principals;
(9) one member from the Texas School Nurses
Organization;
(10) one member from the Texas School Safety Center;
(11) one member from the Texas High School Coaches
Association;
(12) three campus safety officers;
(13) four members from family violence centers, as
defined by Section 51.002, Human Resources Code, from different
geographic regions in this state, including both rural and urban
areas;
(14) one member from a statewide family violence
advocacy organization;
(15) one member from a statewide sexual assault
advocacy organization;
(16) one member from a statewide advocacy organization
that serves teenage victims of dating violence;
(17) one member from the intake division or the
investigation division of the Department of Family and Protective
Services;
(18) one member from the Parenting and Paternity
Awareness program in the office of the attorney general;
(19) one member from the family violence program in
the Health and Human Services Commission;
(20) two members from the Texas Juvenile Justice
Department, including one member who has experience with juvenile
probation; and
(21) one member who is affiliated with a university in
the state and has expertise in research on dating violence.
(d) The workgroup shall:
(1) recommend specific methods of implementing
training for educators and school administrators under the policy
required by Subsection (a);
(2) recommend specific methods of implementing
awareness education for parents and students under the policy
required by Subsection (a);
(3) recommend improvements to the policy required by
Subsection (a);
(4) propose amendments to Section 11.252 that would
incorporate into district-level planning and decision making the
policy required by Subsection (a);
(5) examine the intersection between juvenile justice
and youth dating violence;
(6) develop strategies for enhancing the safety and
security of school campuses in the context of dating violence; and
(7) develop specific approaches for the
implementation of dating violence training and awareness education
in middle schools.
(e) The workgroup established under Subsection (c) shall
report its recommendations to the legislature not later than
September 1, 2016.
(f) This subsection and Subsections (c), (d), and (e) expire
September 1, 2016.
SECTION 2. 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, 2015.