Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

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1	1		86R10433 MM-F
2		-	By: Parker, Zerwas, Huberty, Miller, H.B. No. 3718
3		-	Thompson of Harris, et al.
	2	+	By: Parker H.B. No. 3718
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6	5		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
7	6		AN ACT
8	7		relating to a trauma-informed care policy for school districts and
9	8		open-enrollment charter schools and training regarding the policy
10	9		for district and school employees.
11	10		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	11		SECTION 1. Section 11.252(a), Education Code, is amended to
13	12		read as follows:
14	13		(a) Each school district shall have a district improvement
15	14		plan that is developed, evaluated, and revised annually, in
16	15		accordance with district policy, by the superintendent with the
17	16		assistance of the district-level committee established under
18	17		Section 11.251. The purpose of the district improvement plan is to
19	18		guide district and campus staff in the improvement of student
20	19		performance for all student groups in order to attain state
21	20		standards in respect to the achievement indicators adopted under
22	21		Section 39.053(c). The district improvement plan must include
23	22		provisions for:
24	23		(1) a comprehensive needs assessment addressing
25	24		district student performance on the achievement indicators, and
26	25		other appropriate measures of performance, that are disaggregated
27	26		by all student groups served by the district, including categories
28	27		of ethnicity, socioeconomic status, sex, and populations served by
29	28		special programs, including students in special education programs
30	29		under Subchapter A, Chapter 29;
31	30		(2) measurable district performance objectives for
32	31		all appropriate achievement indicators for all student
33	32		populations, including students in special education programs
34	33		under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, and other measures of student
35	34		performance that may be identified through the comprehensive needs
36	35		assessment;
37	36		(3) strategies for improvement of student performance
38	37		that include:
39	38		(A) instructional methods for addressing the
40	39		needs of student groups not achieving their full potential;
41	40		(B) methods for addressing the needs of students
42	41		for special programs, including:
43	42		(i) suicide prevention programs, in
44	43		accordance with Subchapter O-1, Chapter 161, Health and Safety
45	44		Code, which includes a parental or guardian notification procedure;
46	45		(ii) conflict resolution programs;
47	46		(iii) violence prevention programs; and
48	47		(iv) dyslexia treatment programs;
49	48		(C) dropout reduction;
50	49		(D) integration of technology in instructional
51	50		and administrative programs;
52	51		(E) discipline management;
53	52		(F) staff development for professional staff of
54	53		the district;
55	54		(G) career education to assist students in
56	55		developing the knowledge, skills, and competencies necessary for a
57	56		broad range of career opportunities; and
58	57		(H) accelerated education;
59	58		(4) strategies for providing to middle school, junior
60	59		high school, and high school students, those students' teachers and
61	60		school counselors, and those students' parents information about:
62	61		(A) higher education admissions and financial
63	62		aid opportunities;
64	63		(B) the TEXAS grant program and the Teach for
65	64		Texas grant program established under Chapter 56;
66	65		(C) the need for students to make informed
67	66		curriculum choices to be prepared for success beyond high school;
68	67		and
69	68		(D) sources of information on higher education
70	69		admissions and financial aid;
71	70		(5) resources needed to implement identified
72	71		strategies;
73	72		(6) staff responsible for ensuring the accomplishment
74	73		of each strategy;
75	74		(7) timelines for ongoing monitoring of the
76	75		implementation of each improvement strategy;
77	76		(8) formative evaluation criteria for determining
78	77		periodically whether strategies are resulting in intended
79	78		improvement of student performance; [and]
80	79		(9) the policy under Section 38.0041 addressing sexual
81	80		abuse and other maltreatment of children; and
82	81		(10) the trauma-informed care policy under Section
83	82		38.036.
84	83		SECTION 2. Sections 21.054(d) and (d-2), Education Code,
85	84		are amended to read as follows:
86	85		(d) Continuing education requirements for a classroom
87	86		teacher must provide that not more than 25 percent of the training
88	87		required every five years include instruction regarding:
89	88		(1) collecting and analyzing information that will
90	89		improve effectiveness in the classroom;
91	90		(2) recognizing early warning indicators that a
92	91		student may be at risk of dropping out of school;
93	92		(3) digital learning, digital teaching, and
94	93		integrating technology into classroom instruction;
95	94		(4) educating diverse student populations, including:
96	95		(A) students with disabilities, including mental
97	96		health disorders;
98	97		(B) students who are educationally
99	98		disadvantaged;
100	99		(C) students of limited English proficiency; and
101	100		(D) students at risk of dropping out of school;
102	101		[and]
103	102		(5) understanding appropriate relationships,
104	103		boundaries, and communications between educators and students;
105	104		and[.]
106	105		(6) [(d-2) Continuing education requirements for a
107	106		classroom teacher may include instruction regarding] how grief and
108	107		trauma affect student learning and behavior and how evidence-based,
109	108		grief-informed, and trauma-informed strategies support the
110	109		academic success of students affected by grief and trauma.
111	110		(d-2) The instruction required under Subsection (d)(6) must
112	111		be:
113	112		(1) a training program that complies with Section
114	113		38.036(c)(1)(A); and
115	114		(2) approved by the commissioner.
116	115		SECTION 3. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is
117	116		amended by adding Section 38.036 to read as follows:
118	117		Sec. 38.036. TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE POLICY. (a) Each school
119	118		district and open-enrollment charter school shall adopt and
120	119		implement a policy requiring the integration of trauma-informed
121	120		practices in each school environment.
122	121		(b) A policy required by this section must address:
123	122		(1) using resources developed by the agency, methods
124	123		for:
125	124		(A) increasing staff and parent awareness of
126	125		trauma-informed care; and
127	126		(B) implementation of trauma-informed practices
128	127		and care by district and campus staff; and
129	128		(2) available counseling options for students
130	129		affected by trauma or toxic stress.
131	130		(c) The methods under Subsection (b)(1) for increasing
132	131		awareness and implementation of trauma-informed care must include
133	132		training as provided by this subsection. The training:
134	133		(1) must be provided:
135	134		(A) through an evidence-based,
136	135		evidence-informed, or promising practices training program that
137	136		addresses the effects of trauma and is approved by the agency; and
138	137		(B) as part of any new employee orientation for
139	138		all new school district and open-enrollment charter school
140	139		educators or coaches; and
141	140		(2) may be provided to existing school district and
142	141		open-enrollment charter school educators or coaches on a schedule
143	142		recommended by commissioner rule.
144	143		(d) For any training provided under Subsection (c), each
145	144		school district and open-enrollment charter school shall maintain
146	145		records that include the name of each district or charter school
147	146		staff member who participated in the training.
148	147		(e) If a school district or open-enrollment charter school
149	148		determines that the district or charter school does not have
150	149		sufficient resources to provide the training required under
151	150		Subsection (c), the district or charter school shall make
152	151		reasonable efforts to collaborate with a community organization to
153	152		provide training that meets the requirements of Subsection (c) at
154	153		no cost to the district or charter school.
155	154		(f) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to
156	155		administer this section.
157	156		SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020
158	157		school year.
159	158		SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
160	159		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
161	160		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
162	161		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
163	162		Act takes effect September 1, 2019.