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1		-	H.B. No. 111
	1	+	By: González of El Paso, Meyer, Button H.B. No. 111
	2	+	(Senate Sponsor - Fallon)
	3	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House March 21, 2019;
	4	+	March 27, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
	5	+	Education; May 10, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote:
	6	+	Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 10, 2019, sent to printer.)
	7	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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	10	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	11		AN ACT
5	12		relating to public school policy and training for public school
6	13		employees addressing the prevention of sexual abuse, sex
7	14		trafficking, and other maltreatment of certain children.
8	15		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	16		SECTION 1. Sections 38.0041(a), (a-1), (b), and (c),
10	17		Education Code, as amended by Chapter 762 (S.B. 2039), Acts of the
11	18		85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, are reenacted and amended
12	19		to read as follows:
13	20		(a) Each school district and open-enrollment charter school
14	21		shall adopt and implement a policy addressing sexual abuse, sex
15	22		trafficking, and other maltreatment of children, to be included in
16	23		the district improvement plan under Section 11.252 and any
17	24		informational handbook provided to students and parents.
18	25		(a-1) A school district may collaborate with local law
19	26		enforcement and outside consultants with expertise in the
20	27		prevention of sexual abuse and sex trafficking to create the policy
21	28		required under Subsection (a), and to create a referral protocol
22	29		for high-risk students.
23	30		(b) A policy required by this section must address:
24	31		(1) methods for increasing staff, student, and parent
25	32		awareness of issues regarding sexual abuse, sex trafficking, and
26	33		other maltreatment of children, including prevention techniques
27	34		and knowledge of likely warning signs indicating that a child may be
28	35		a victim of sexual abuse, sex trafficking, or other maltreatment,
29	36		using resources developed by the agency or the commissioner
30	37		regarding those issues, including resources developed by the agency
31	38		under Section 38.004 [or by the commissioner under Section 28.017];
32	39		(2) actions that a child who is a victim of sexual
33	40		abuse, sex trafficking, or other maltreatment should take to obtain
34	41		assistance and intervention; and
35	42		(3) available counseling options for students
36	43		affected by sexual abuse, sex trafficking, or other maltreatment.
37	44		(c) The methods under Subsection (b)(1) for increasing
38	45		awareness of issues regarding sexual abuse, sex trafficking, and
39	46		other maltreatment of children must include training, as provided
40	47		by this subsection, concerning prevention techniques for and
41	48		recognition of sexual abuse, sex trafficking, and all other
42	49		maltreatment of children, including the sexual abuse, sex
43	50		trafficking, and other maltreatment of children with significant
44	51		cognitive disabilities. The training:
45	52		(1) must be provided, as part of a new employee
46	53		orientation, to all new school district and open-enrollment charter
47	54		school employees and to existing district and open-enrollment
48	55		charter school employees on a schedule adopted by the agency by rule
49	56		until all district and open-enrollment charter school employees
50	57		have taken the training; and
51	58		(2) must include training concerning:
52	59		(A) factors indicating a child is at risk for
53	60		sexual abuse, sex trafficking, or other maltreatment;
54	61		(B) likely warning signs indicating a child may
55	62		be a victim of sexual abuse, sex trafficking, or other
56	63		maltreatment;
57	64		(C) internal procedures for seeking assistance
58	65		for a child who is at risk for sexual abuse, sex trafficking, or
59	66		other maltreatment, including referral to a school counselor, a
60	67		social worker, or another mental health professional;
61	68		(D) techniques for reducing a child's risk of
62	69		sexual abuse, sex trafficking, or other maltreatment; and
63	70		(E) community organizations that have relevant
64	71		existing research-based programs that are able to provide training
65	72		or other education for school district or open-enrollment charter
66	73		school staff members, students, and parents.
67	74		SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020
68	75		school year.
69	76		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
70	77		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
71	78		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
72	79		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
73	80		Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
74		-	______________________________ ______________________________
75		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
76		-	I certify that H.B. No. 111 was passed by the House on March
77		-	20, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 1 present, not
78		-	voting.
79		-	______________________________
80		-	Chief Clerk of the House
81		-	I certify that H.B. No. 111 was passed by the Senate on May
82		-	16, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
83		-	______________________________
84		-	Secretary of the Senate
85		-	APPROVED: _____________________
86		-	Date
87		-	_____________________
88		-	Governor
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