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| 1 | 1 | 87R3169 JES-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Ramos H.B. No. 1144 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to staff development requirements for public educators | |
| 8 | 8 | regarding suicide prevention and other mental health training. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 21.451(d-1), Education Code, is amended | |
| 11 | 11 | to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (d-1) The training required by Subsection (d)(3): | |
| 13 | 13 | (1) must: | |
| 14 | 14 | (A) be provided: | |
| 15 | 15 | (i) on an annual basis, as part of a new | |
| 16 | 16 | employee orientation, to all new school district and | |
| 17 | 17 | open-enrollment charter school educators; and | |
| 18 | 18 | (ii) to existing school district and | |
| 19 | 19 | open-enrollment charter school educators on a schedule adopted by | |
| 20 | 20 | the agency by rule that requires an educator to be trained at least | |
| 21 | 21 | once every two years; and | |
| 22 | 22 | (B) use a best practice-based program | |
| 23 | 23 | recommended by the Health and Human Services Commission in | |
| 24 | 24 | coordination with the agency under Section 38.351; and | |
| 25 | 25 | (2) may include two or more listed topics together. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |