86R9804 JES-D
By: Rosenthal H.B. No. 2653
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to public school policies and procedures for the
establishment of threat assessment teams.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 37, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 37.1091 to read as follows:
Sec. 37.1091. THREAT ASSESSMENT TEAM. (a) Each school
district and open-enrollment charter school shall adopt policies
and procedures in accordance with the guidelines developed by the
Texas School Safety Center, and in coordination with the agency,
for the establishment of threat assessment teams. The policies and
procedures must establish at least one threat assessment team and:
(1) the membership and composition of each threat
assessment team;
(2) the training requirements for a member of a threat
assessment team, including training provided by the Texas School
Safety Center in threat assessment protocols;
(3) guidance for students, faculty, and staff in
identifying and reporting any threatening or aberrant behavior that
may pose a threat to the community, school, or individual; and
(4) the process for threat assessment, management,
investigation, and response.
(b) A threat assessment team identifying a student at risk
of suicide shall act in accordance with the district's or school's
suicide prevention program.
(c) Each threat assessment team established under
Subsection (a) shall annually report to the Texas School Safety
Center the policies and procedures adopted by the team.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.