Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

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1		-	86R26878 GCB-F
2	1		By: Menéndez, et al. S.B. No. 1390
3		-	(Allison, Coleman)
4		-	Substitute the following for S.B. No. 1390: No.
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7	4		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	5		AN ACT
9	6		relating to suicide prevention in public school curriculum and
10	7		certain educational programs concerning suicide prevention and
11	8		substance abuse prevention.
12	9		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	10		SECTION 1. Section 21.451(d), Education Code, is amended to
14	11		read as follows:
15	12		(d) The staff development:
16	13		(1) may include training in:
17	14		(A) technology;
18	15		(B) conflict resolution;
19	16		(C) discipline strategies, including classroom
20	17		management, district discipline policies, and the student code of
21	18		conduct adopted under Section 37.001 and Chapter 37;
22	19		(D) preventing, identifying, responding to, and
23	20		reporting incidents of bullying; and
24	21		(E) digital learning;
25	22		(2) subject to Subsection (e) and to Section 21.3541
26	23		and rules adopted under that section, must include training that is
27	24		evidence-based, as defined by Section 8101, Every Student Succeeds
28	25		Act (20 U.S.C. Section 7801), that:
29	26		(A) relates to instruction of students with
30	27		disabilities; and
31	28		(B) is designed for educators who work primarily
32	29		outside the area of special education; and
33	30		(3) must include suicide prevention training that must
34	31		be provided:
35	32		(A) on an annual basis, as part of a new employee
36	33		orientation, to all new school district and open-enrollment charter
37	34		school educators; and
38	35		(B) to existing school district and
39	36		open-enrollment charter school educators at least once every five
40	37		years [on a schedule adopted by the agency by rule].
41	38		SECTION 2. Section 28.002, Education Code, is amended by
42	39		amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
43	40		follows:
44	41		(a) Each school district that offers kindergarten through
45	42		grade 12 shall offer, as a required curriculum:
46	43		(1) a foundation curriculum that includes:
47	44		(A) English language arts;
48	45		(B) mathematics;
49	46		(C) science; and
50	47		(D) social studies, consisting of Texas, United
51	48		States, and world history, government, economics, with emphasis on
52	49		the free enterprise system and its benefits, and geography; and
53	50		(2) an enrichment curriculum that includes:
54	51		(A) to the extent possible, languages other than
55	52		English;
56	53		(B) health, with emphasis on:
57	54		(i) physical health, including the
58	55		importance of proper nutrition and exercise;
59	56		(ii) mental health, including instruction
60	57		on mental health conditions, substance abuse, skills to manage
61	58		emotions, establishing and maintaining positive relationships, and
62	59		responsible decision-making; and
63	60		(iii) suicide prevention, including
64	61		recognizing suicide-related risk factors and warning signs;
65	62		(C) physical education;
66	63		(D) fine arts;
67	64		(E) career and technology education;
68	65		(F) technology applications;
69	66		(G) religious literature, including the Hebrew
70	67		Scriptures (Old Testament) and New Testament, and its impact on
71	68		history and literature; and
72	69		(H) personal financial literacy.
73	70		(a-1) In adopting the essential knowledge and skills for the
74	71		health curriculum under Subsection (a)(2)(B), the State Board of
75	72		Education shall adopt essential knowledge and skills that address:
76	73		(1) the relationship between drug and alcohol use and
77	74		suicide;
78	75		(2) recognizing signs of suicidal tendencies and other
79		-	warning signs of suicide; and
80		-	(3) help-seeking behaviors and available community
	76	+	warning signs of suicide;
	77	+	(3) the risk of suicide or violent behavior as a side
	78	+	effect of psychotropic medication; and
	79	+	(4) help-seeking behaviors and available community
81	80		suicide prevention services.
82	81		SECTION 3. Section 28.004, Education Code, is amended by
83	82		amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (o) to read as
84	83		follows:
85	84		(c) The local school health advisory council's duties
86	85		include recommending:
87	86		(1) the number of hours of instruction to be provided
88	87		in health education;
89	88		(2) policies, procedures, strategies, and curriculum
90	89		appropriate for specific grade levels designed to prevent obesity,
91	90		cardiovascular disease, Type 2 diabetes, and mental health
92	91		concerns, including suicide, through coordination of:
93	92		(A) health education;
94	93		(B) physical education and physical activity;
95	94		(C) nutrition services;
96	95		(D) parental involvement;
97	96		(E) instruction to prevent the use of
98	97		e-cigarettes, as defined by Section 161.081, Health and Safety
99	98		Code, and tobacco;
100	99		(F) school health services;
101	100		(G) counseling and guidance services;
102	101		(H) a safe and healthy school environment; and
103	102		(I) school employee wellness;
104	103		(3) appropriate grade levels and methods of
105	104		instruction for human sexuality instruction;
106	105		(4) strategies for integrating the curriculum
107	106		components specified by Subdivision (2) with the following elements
108	107		in a coordinated school health program for the district:
109	108		(A) school health services;
110	109		(B) counseling and guidance services;
111	110		(C) a safe and healthy school environment; and
112	111		(D) school employee wellness; and
113	112		(5) if feasible, joint use agreements or strategies
114	113		for collaboration between the school district and community
115	114		organizations or agencies.
116	115		(o) The local school health advisory council shall make
117		-	policy recommendations to the district to increase parental
118		-	awareness of suicide-related risk factors and warning signs and
119		-	available community suicide prevention services.
	116	+	policy recommendations to the district to increase:
	117	+	(1) parental awareness of suicide-related risk
	118	+	factors and warning signs and available community suicide
	119	+	prevention services; and
	120	+	(2) school personnel awareness of risks and side
	121	+	effects associated with psychotropic medications, with particular
	122	+	attention to suicidal thoughts or actions, agitation, aggression,
	123	+	hostility, mania, akathisia, and other risks and side effects that
	124	+	may be associated with violent or self-harming behavior.
120	125		SECTION 4. Section 161.325(a-1), Health and Safety Code, as
121	126		amended by Chapter 714 (H.B. 4056) and Chapter 522 (S.B. 179), Acts
122	127		of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, is reenacted and
123	128		amended to read as follows:
124	129		(a-1) The list must include programs and practices in the
125	130		following areas:
126	131		(1) early mental health prevention and intervention;
127	132		(2) [mental health promotion;
128	133		[(3)] substance abuse prevention and intervention;
129	134		(3) [(4) substance abuse intervention;
130	135		[(5)] suicide prevention, intervention, and
131	136		postvention;
132	137		(4) [(6)] grief-informed and trauma-informed
133	138		practices;
134	139		(5) [(7)] building skills related to managing
135	140		emotions, establishing and maintaining positive relationships, and
136	141		responsible decision-making;
137	142		(6) [(8)] positive behavior interventions and
138	143		supports and positive youth development; and
139	144		(7) [(9)] safe, [and] supportive, and positive school
140	145		climate.
141	146		SECTION 5. Section 161.325, Health and Safety Code, is
142	147		amended by adding Subsection (a-4) and amending Subsections (b) and
143	148		(d) to read as follows:
144	149		(a-4) In this section, "postvention" includes activities
145	150		that promote healing necessary to reduce the risk of suicide by a
146	151		person affected by the suicide of another.
147	152		(b) The suicide prevention programs on the list must include
148	153		components that provide for training counselors, teachers, nurses,
149	154		administrators, and other staff, as well as law enforcement
150	155		officers and social workers who regularly interact with students,
151	156		to:
152	157		(1) recognize students at risk of committing suicide,
153	158		including students who are or may be the victims of or who engage in
154	159		bullying;
155	160		(2) recognize students displaying early warning signs
156	161		and a possible need for early mental health or substance abuse
157	162		intervention, which warning signs may include declining academic
158	163		performance, depression, anxiety, isolation, unexplained changes
159	164		in sleep or eating habits, and destructive behavior toward self and
160	165		others; [and]
161	166		(3) intervene effectively with students described by
162	167		Subdivision (1) or (2) by providing notice and referral to a parent
163	168		or guardian so appropriate action, such as seeking mental health or
164	169		substance abuse services, may be taken by a parent or guardian; and
165	170		(4) assist students in returning to school following
166	171		treatment of a mental health concern or suicide attempt.
167	172		(d) A school district shall [may] develop practices and
168	173		procedures concerning each area listed in Subsection (a-1),
169	174		including mental health promotion and intervention, substance
170	175		abuse prevention and intervention, and suicide prevention, that:
171	176		(1) include a procedure for providing notice of a
172	177		recommendation for early mental health or substance abuse
173	178		intervention regarding a student to a parent or guardian of the
174	179		student within a reasonable amount of time after the identification
175	180		of early warning signs as described by Subsection (b)(2);
176	181		(2) include a procedure for providing notice of a
177	182		student identified as at risk of committing suicide to a parent or
178	183		guardian of the student within a reasonable amount of time after the
179	184		identification of early warning signs as described by Subsection
180	185		(b)(2);
181	186		(3) establish that the district may develop a
182	187		reporting mechanism and may designate at least one person to act as
183	188		a liaison officer in the district for the purposes of identifying
184	189		students in need of early mental health or substance abuse
185	190		intervention or suicide prevention; [and]
186	191		(4) set out available counseling alternatives for a
187	192		parent or guardian to consider when their child is identified as
188	193		possibly being in need of early mental health or substance abuse
189	194		intervention or suicide prevention; and
190	195		(5) include procedures:
191	196		(A) to support the return of a student to school
192	197		following hospitalization or residential treatment for a mental
193	198		health condition or substance abuse; and
194	199		(B) for suicide prevention, intervention, and
195	200		postvention.
196	201		SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.