Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1893 Compare Versions

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1	1	86R3539 JES-F
2	2	By: Taylor S.B. No. 1893
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to a trauma-informed care policy for school districts and
8	8	open-enrollment charter schools.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 11.252(a), Education Code, is amended to
11	11	read as follows:
12	12	(a) Each school district shall have a district improvement
13	13	plan that is developed, evaluated, and revised annually, in
14	14	accordance with district policy, by the superintendent with the
15	15	assistance of the district-level committee established under
16	16	Section 11.251. The purpose of the district improvement plan is to
17	17	guide district and campus staff in the improvement of student
18	18	performance for all student groups in order to attain state
19	19	standards in respect to the achievement indicators adopted under
20	20	Section 39.053(c). The district improvement plan must include
21	21	provisions for:
22	22	(1) a comprehensive needs assessment addressing
23	23	district student performance on the achievement indicators, and
24	24	other appropriate measures of performance, that are disaggregated
25	25	by all student groups served by the district, including categories
26	26	of ethnicity, socioeconomic status, sex, and populations served by
27	27	special programs, including students in special education programs
28	28	under Subchapter A, Chapter 29;
29	29	(2) measurable district performance objectives for
30	30	all appropriate achievement indicators for all student
31	31	populations, including students in special education programs
32	32	under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, and other measures of student
33	33	performance that may be identified through the comprehensive needs
34	34	assessment;
35	35	(3) strategies for improvement of student performance
36	36	that include:
37	37	(A) instructional methods for addressing the
38	38	needs of student groups not achieving their full potential;
39	39	(B) methods for addressing the needs of students
40	40	for special programs, including:
41	41	(i) suicide prevention programs, in
42	42	accordance with Subchapter O-1, Chapter 161, Health and Safety
43	43	Code, which includes a parental or guardian notification procedure;
44	44	(ii) conflict resolution programs;
45	45	(iii) violence prevention programs; and
46	46	(iv) dyslexia treatment programs;
47	47	(C) dropout reduction;
48	48	(D) integration of technology in instructional
49	49	and administrative programs;
50	50	(E) discipline management;
51	51	(F) staff development for professional staff of
52	52	the district;
53	53	(G) career education to assist students in
54	54	developing the knowledge, skills, and competencies necessary for a
55	55	broad range of career opportunities; and
56	56	(H) accelerated education;
57	57	(4) strategies for providing to middle school, junior
58	58	high school, and high school students, those students' teachers and
59	59	school counselors, and those students' parents information about:
60	60	(A) higher education admissions and financial
61	61	aid opportunities;
62	62	(B) the TEXAS grant program and the Teach for
63	63	Texas grant program established under Chapter 56;
64	64	(C) the need for students to make informed
65	65	curriculum choices to be prepared for success beyond high school;
66	66	and
67	67	(D) sources of information on higher education
68	68	admissions and financial aid;
69	69	(5) resources needed to implement identified
70	70	strategies;
71	71	(6) staff responsible for ensuring the accomplishment
72	72	of each strategy;
73	73	(7) timelines for ongoing monitoring of the
74	74	implementation of each improvement strategy;
75	75	(8) formative evaluation criteria for determining
76	76	periodically whether strategies are resulting in intended
77	77	improvement of student performance; [and]
78	78	(9) the policy under Section 38.0041 addressing sexual
79	79	abuse and other maltreatment of children; and
80	80	(10) the trauma-informed care policy under Section
81	81	38.036.
82	82	SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is
83	83	amended by adding Section 38.036 to read as follows:
84	84	Sec. 38.036. TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE POLICY. (a) Each school
85	85	district and open-enrollment charter school shall adopt and
86	86	implement a policy requiring the integration of trauma-informed
87	87	practices in each school environment. A district must include the
88	88	policy in the district improvement plan required under Section
89	89	11.252.
90	90	(b) A policy required by this section must address:
91	91	(1) using resources developed by the agency, methods
92	92	for:
93	93	(A) increasing staff and parent awareness of
94	94	trauma-informed care; and
95	95	(B) implementation of trauma-informed practices
96	96	and care by district and campus staff; and
97	97	(2) available counseling options for students
98	98	affected by trauma or grief.
99	99	(c) The methods under Subsection (b)(1) for increasing
100	100	awareness and implementation of trauma-informed care must include
101	101	training as provided by this subsection. The training:
102	102	(1) must be provided:
103	103	(A) through a program selected from the list of
104	104	recommended best practice-based programs and research-based
105	105	practices established under Section 161.325, Health and Safety
106	106	Code; and
107	107	(B) as part of any new employee orientation for
108	108	all new school district and open-enrollment charter school
109	109	educators; and
110	110	(2) may be:
111	111	(A) provided annually to all school district or
112	112	open-enrollment charter school employees; and
113	113	(B) included in staff development under Section
114	114	21.451.
115	115	(d) For any training under Subsection (c), each school
116	116	district and open-enrollment charter school shall maintain records
117	117	that include the name of each district or charter school staff
118	118	member who participated in the training.
119	119	(e) If a school district or open-enrollment charter school
120	120	determines that the district or charter school does not have
121	121	sufficient resources to provide the training required under
122	122	Subsection (c), the district or charter school may partner with a
123	123	community mental health organization to provide training that meets
124	124	the requirements of Subsection (c) at no cost to the district or
125	125	charter school.
126	126	(f) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to
127	127	administer this section.
128	128	SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020
129	129	school year.
130	130	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
131	131	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
132	132	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
133	133	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
134	134	Act takes effect September 1, 2019.