Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

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1	1	87R4894 JES-D
2	2	By: Lozano H.B. No. 3804
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to continuing education and training requirements for
8	8	educators and other school district personnel.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 7.058, Education Code, is amended to
11	11	read as follows:
12	12	Sec. 7.058. RESEARCH ON MATHEMATICS SKILLS ACQUISITION AND
13	13	PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS. From funds appropriated for the purpose,
14	14	the commissioner shall award to one or more institutions that have
15	15	demonstrated an ability to conduct science-based research on
16	16	effective instructional strategies that improve student
17	17	performance in mathematics a grant to be used to:
18	18	(1) develop and identify research on mathematics
19	19	skills acquisition and student learning in mathematics;
20	20	(2) monitor the effectiveness of mathematics
21	21	achievement academies [professional development institutes] under
22	22	Section 21.4553 [21.455] based on performance in mathematics by the
23	23	students of teachers who have attended an academy [institute];
24	24	(3) examine the effect of mathematics achievement
25	25	academies [professional development institutes] on the classroom
26	26	performance of teachers who have attended an academy [institute];
27	27	(4) identify common practices used at high-performing
28	28	school campuses that lead to improved student performance in
29	29	mathematics; and
30	30	(5) develop research on cognitive development in
31	31	children concerning mathematics skills development.
32	32	SECTION 2. Section 11.175, Education Code, is amended by
33	33	adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
34	34	(g) Notwithstanding Section 2054.5191, Government Code,
35	35	only the district's cybersecurity coordinator is required to
36	36	complete the cybersecurity training under that section on an annual
37	37	basis. Any other school district employee required to complete the
38	38	cybersecurity training shall complete the training as determined by
39	39	the district, in consultation with the district's cybersecurity
40	40	coordinator.
41	41	SECTION 3. Sections 21.054(d), (e), and (f), Education
42	42	Code, are amended to read as follows:
43	43	(d) Continuing education requirements for a classroom
44	44	teacher must provide that not more than [at least] 25 percent of the
45	45	training required every five years include instruction regarding:
46	46	(1) collecting and analyzing information that will
47	47	improve effectiveness in the classroom;
48	48	(2) recognizing early warning indicators that a
49	49	student may be at risk of dropping out of school;
50	50	(3) digital learning, digital teaching, and
51	51	integrating technology into classroom instruction;
52	52	(4) educating diverse student populations, including:
53	53	(A) [students who are eligible to participate in
54	54	special education programs under Subchapter A, Chapter 29;
55	55	[(B) students who are eligible to receive
56	56	educational services required under Section 504, Rehabilitation
57	57	Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. Section 794);
58	58	[(C)] students with mental health conditions or
59	59	who engage in substance abuse;
60	60	(B) [(D)] students with intellectual or
61	61	developmental disabilities;
62	62	(C) [(E)] students who are educationally
63	63	disadvantaged; and
64	64	(D) [(F) students of limited English
65	65	proficiency; and
66	66	[(G)] students at risk of dropping out of school;
67	67	and
68	68	(5) understanding appropriate relationships,
69	69	boundaries, and communications between educators and students[;
70	70	and
71	71	[(6) how mental health conditions, including grief and
72	72	trauma, affect student learning and behavior and how
73	73	evidence-based, grief-informed, and trauma-informed strategies
74	74	support the academic success of students affected by grief and
75	75	trauma].
76	76	(e) Continuing education requirements for a principal must
77	77	provide that not more than [at least] 25 percent of the training
78	78	required every five years include instruction regarding:
79	79	(1) effective and efficient management, including:
80	80	(A) collecting and analyzing information;
81	81	(B) making decisions and managing time; and
82	82	(C) supervising student discipline and managing
83	83	behavior;
84	84	(2) recognizing early warning indicators that a
85	85	student may be at risk of dropping out of school;
86	86	(3) digital learning, digital teaching, and
87	87	integrating technology into campus curriculum and instruction;
88	88	(4) effective implementation of a comprehensive
89	89	school counseling program under Section 33.005;
90	90	(5) mental health programs addressing a mental health
91	91	condition;
92	92	(6) educating diverse student populations, including:
93	93	(A) [students who are eligible to participate in
94	94	special education programs under Subchapter A, Chapter 29;
95	95	[(B)] students with intellectual or
96	96	developmental disabilities;
97	97	[(C) students who are eligible to receive
98	98	educational services required under Section 504, Rehabilitation
99	99	Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. Section 794);]
100	100	(B) [(D)] students with mental health conditions
101	101	or who engage in substance abuse;
102	102	(C) [(E)] students who are educationally
103	103	disadvantaged;
104	104	(D) [(F)] students of limited English
105	105	proficiency; and
106	106	(E) [(G)] students at risk of dropping out of
107	107	school; and
108	108	(7) preventing, recognizing, and reporting any sexual
109	109	conduct between an educator and student that is prohibited under
110	110	Section 21.12, Penal Code, or for which reporting is required under
111	111	Section 21.006 of this code[; and
112	112	[(8) how mental health conditions, including grief and
113	113	trauma, affect student learning and behavior and how
114	114	evidence-based, grief-informed, and trauma-informed strategies
115	115	support the academic success of students affected by grief and
116	116	trauma].
117	117	(f) Continuing education requirements for a counselor must
118	118	provide that not more than [at least] 25 percent of training
119	119	required every five years include instruction regarding:
120	120	(1) assisting students in developing high school
121	121	graduation plans;
122	122	(2) implementing dropout prevention strategies; and
123	123	(3) [informing students concerning:
124	124	[(A) college admissions, including college
125	125	financial aid resources and application procedures; and
126	126	[(B) career opportunities;
127	127	[(4) counseling students concerning mental health
128	128	conditions and substance abuse, including through the use of
129	129	grief-informed and trauma-informed interventions and crisis
130	130	management and suicide prevention strategies; and
131	131	[(5)] effective implementation of a comprehensive
132	132	school counseling program under Section 33.005.
133	133	SECTION 4. Sections 21.451(d), (d-1), and (d-3), Education
134	134	Code, are amended to read as follows:
135	135	(d) The staff development:
136	136	(1) may include training in:
137	137	(A) technology and digital learning; and
138	138	(B) positive behavior intervention and support
139	139	strategies, including classroom management, district discipline
140	140	policies, and the student code of conduct adopted under Chapter 37;
141	141	[and
142	142	[(C) digital learning;]
143	143	(2) subject to Subsection (e) and to Section 21.3541
144	144	and rules adopted under that section, must include training that is
145	145	evidence-based, as defined by Section 8101, Every Student Succeeds
146	146	Act (20 U.S.C. Section 7801), and that:
147	147	(A) relates to instruction of students with
148	148	disabilities, including students with disabilities who also have
149	149	other intellectual or mental health conditions; and
150	150	(B) is designed for educators who work primarily
151	151	outside the area of special education; and
152	152	(3) must include training on:
153	153	(A) suicide prevention;
154	154	(B) [recognizing signs of mental health
155	155	conditions and substance abuse;
156	156	[(C)] strategies for establishing and
157	157	maintaining positive relationships among students, including
158	158	conflict resolution;
159	159	[(D) how grief and trauma affect student learning
160	160	and behavior and how evidence-based, grief-informed, and
161	161	trauma-informed strategies support the academic success of
162	162	students affected by grief and trauma;] and
163	163	(C) [(E)] preventing, identifying, responding
164	164	to, and reporting incidents of bullying.
165	165	(d-1) The training required by Subsection (d)(3):
166	166	(1) must:
167	167	(A) be provided in accordance with the frequency
168	168	requirement adopted for the training under Section 21.4515; [:
169	169	[(i) on an annual basis, as part of a new
170	170	employee orientation, to all new school district and
171	171	open-enrollment charter school educators; and
172	172	[(ii) to existing school district and
173	173	open-enrollment charter school educators on a schedule adopted by
174	174	the agency by rule;] and
175	175	(B) use a best practice-based program
176	176	recommended by the Health and Human Services Commission in
177	177	coordination with the agency under Section 38.351; and
178	178	(2) may include two or more listed topics together.
179	179	(d-3) The technology and digital learning training provided
180	180	by Subsection (d)(1)(A) [(d)(1)(E)] must:
181	181	(1) discuss basic technology proficiency expectations
182	182	and methods to increase an educator's digital literacy; and
183	183	(2) assist an educator in the use of digital
184	184	technology in learning activities that improve teaching,
185	185	assessment, and instructional practices.
186	186	SECTION 5. Subchapter J, Chapter 21, Education Code, is
187	187	amended by adding Sections 21.4514 and 21.4515 to read as follows:
188	188	Sec. 21.4514. CONTINUING EDUCATION AND TRAINING
189	189	CLEARINGHOUSE. (a) The State Board for Educator Certification
190	190	shall develop and publish a comprehensive clearinghouse of
191	191	information regarding continuing education and training
192	192	requirements of:
193	193	(1) educators; and
194	194	(2) other school personnel.
195	195	(b) The clearinghouse must include the recommendations of
196	196	the State Board for Educator Certification regarding the frequency
197	197	for the completion of each continuing education or training by
198	198	educators or other school personnel based on best practices and
199	199	industry recommendations for the provision of that continuing
200	200	education or training.
201	201	Sec. 21.4515. FREQUENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPLETION OF
202	202	TRAININGS. (a) The board of trustees of a school district and the
203	203	governing body of an open-enrollment charter school, to the extent
204	204	applicable, shall annually review the clearinghouse developed
205	205	under Section 21.4514 and adopt frequency requirements for the
206	206	completion of each required continuing education or training for
207	207	which a frequency is not provided by statute. In adopting the
208	208	frequency requirements, the board of trustees or the governing body
209	209	must consider the recommendations provided in the clearinghouse but
210	210	may adjust the required frequency for the completion of each
211	211	continuing education or training to best meet the needs of the
212	212	district or school.
213	213	(b) To the extent of any conflict, a frequency requirement
214	214	for the completion of continuing education or training adopted by
215	215	the board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of
216	216	an open-enrollment charter school under Subsection (a) prevails
217	217	over a state agency rule regarding a required frequency for the
218	218	completion of continuing education or training for which a required
219	219	frequency is not provided by statute, including a rule requiring
220	220	training on exposure to bloodborne pathogens.
221	221	SECTION 6. Section 21.4552, Education Code, is amended by
222	222	amending Subsections (a), (b), and (c) and adding Subsection (b-1)
223	223	to read as follows:
224	224	(a) The commissioner shall develop and make available
225	225	literacy achievement academies for teachers who provide reading
226	226	instruction to students at any grade level [at the kindergarten or
227	227	first, second, or third grade level].
228	228	(b) A literacy achievement academy developed under this
229	229	section:
230	230	(1) for teachers who provide reading instruction to
231	231	students at the kindergarten or first, second, or third grade
232	232	level:
233	233	(A) [(1)] must include training in:
234	234	(i) [(A)] effective and systematic
235	235	instructional practices in reading, including phonemic awareness,
236	236	phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension; and
237	237	(ii) [(B)] the use of empirically validated
238	238	instructional methods that are appropriate for struggling readers;
239	239	and
240	240	(B) [(2)] may include training in effective
241	241	instructional practices in writing;
242	242	(2) for teachers who provide reading instruction to
243	243	students at the fourth or fifth grade level:
244	244	(A) must include effective instructional
245	245	practices that promote student development of reading
246	246	comprehension and inferential and critical thinking;
247	247	(B) must provide training in the use of
248	248	empirically validated instructional methods that are appropriate
249	249	for struggling readers; and
250	250	(C) may include material on writing instruction;
251	251	(3) for teachers who provide reading instruction to
252	252	students at the seventh or eighth grade level, must include
253	253	training in:
254	254	(A) administration of the reading instrument
255	255	required by Section 28.006(c-1); and
256	256	(B) interpretation of the results of the reading
257	257	instrument required by Section 28.006(c-1) and strategies, based on
258	258	scientific research regarding effective reading instruction, for
259	259	long-term intensive intervention to target identified student
260	260	needs in word recognition, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension;
261	261	(4) for teachers who provide reading instruction to
262	262	students at the sixth, seventh, or eighth grade level, must include
263	263	training in:
264	264	(A) strategies to be implemented in English
265	265	language arts and other subject areas for multisyllable word
266	266	reading, vocabulary development, and comprehension of expository
267	267	and narrative text;
268	268	(B) an adaptation framework that enables
269	269	teachers to respond to differing student strengths and needs,
270	270	including adaptations for students of limited English proficiency
271	271	or students receiving special education services under Subchapter
272	272	A, Chapter 29;
273	273	(C) collaborative strategies to increase active
274	274	student involvement and motivation to read; and
275	275	(D) other areas identified by the commissioner as
276	276	essential components of reading instruction; and
277	277	(5) for teachers who provide instruction in
278	278	mathematics, science, or social studies to students at the sixth,
279	279	seventh, or eighth grade level, must include training in:
280	280	(A) strategies for incorporating reading
281	281	instruction into the curriculum for the subject area taught by the
282	282	teacher; and
283	283	(B) other areas identified by the commissioner.
284	284	(b-1) The completion of a literacy achievement academy
285	285	under this section by an educator who teaches students with
286	286	dyslexia satisfies the training requirement under Section
287	287	21.054(b).
288	288	(c) The commissioner shall adopt criteria for selecting
289	289	teachers who may attend a literacy achievement academy. In adopting
290	290	selection criteria under this subsection, the commissioner shall:
291	291	(1) require a teacher to attend a literacy achievement
292	292	academy if the teacher provides instruction in reading,
293	293	mathematics, science, or social studies to students at the sixth,
294	294	seventh, or eighth grade level at a campus that fails to satisfy any
295	295	standard under Section 39.054(e) on the basis of student
296	296	performance on the reading assessment instrument administered
297	297	under Section 39.023(a) to students in any grade level at the
298	298	campus;
299	299	(2) grant [granting a] priority to teachers employed
300	300	by a school district at a campus at which 50 percent or more of the
301	301	students enrolled are educationally disadvantaged; and
302	302	(3) [(2)] provide a process through which a teacher
303	303	not employed at a campus described by Subdivision (2) [(1)] may
304	304	attend the academy if the academy has available space and the school
305	305	district employing the teacher pays the costs of the teacher's
306	306	attendance.
307	307	SECTION 7. Sections 21.4553(a) and (b), Education Code, are
308	308	amended to read as follows:
309	309	(a) The commissioner shall develop and make available
310	310	mathematics achievement academies for teachers who provide
311	311	mathematics instruction to students at any grade level [the
312	312	kindergarten or first, second, or third grade level].
313	313	(b) A mathematics achievement academy developed under this
314	314	section must, if appropriate for the grade level at which the
315	315	teacher provides instruction, include training in:
316	316	(1) effective and systematic instructional practices
317	317	in mathematics, including problem solving, the place value system,
318	318	whole number operations, and fractions;
319	319	(2) the underlying mathematical skills required to be
320	320	taught; and
321	321	(3) mathematical instruction techniques that, through
322	322	scientific testing, have been proven effective.
323	323	SECTION 8. Subchapter J, Chapter 21, Education Code, is
324	324	amended by adding Section 21.4571 to read as follows:
325	325	Sec. 21.4571. TEXAS ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
326	326	ASSESSMENT SYSTEM TRAINING. (a) The commissioner may not require a
327	327	school district employee to repeat training the employee has
328	328	previously successfully completed related to administering the
329	329	Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System, except that
330	330	the commissioner may require the employee to complete training
331	331	consisting of online calibration activities if the administration
332	332	of or assessment using the Texas English Language Proficiency
333	333	Assessment System has changed since the employee completed the
334	334	training.
335	335	(b) The school district employee assigned to oversee the
336	336	administration of the Texas English Language Proficiency
337	337	Assessment System at a district campus may, with discretion,
338	338	require other district employees involved in administering the
339	339	Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System to complete
340	340	training described by Subsection (a).
341	341	(c) A school district employee may not be required to
342	342	complete a training described by Subsection (a) in one sitting.
343	343	SECTION 9. Sections 21.458(b) and (b-1), Education Code,
344	344	are amended to read as follows:
345	345	(b) The commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to
346	346	administer this section, including rules concerning the duties and
347	347	qualifications of a teacher who serves as a mentor and the number of
348	348	classroom teachers that may be assigned to a mentor. The rules
349	349	concerning qualifications must require that to serve as a mentor a
350	350	teacher must:
351	351	(1) complete a research-based mentor and induction
352	352	training program approved by the commissioner;
353	353	(2) complete a mentor training program provided by the
354	354	district, which the district may allow to be satisfied by
355	355	completing the training program described by Subdivision (1);
356	356	(3) have at least three complete years of teaching
357	357	experience with a superior record of assisting students, as a
358	358	whole, in achieving improvement in student performance; and
359	359	(4) demonstrate interpersonal skills, instructional
360	360	effectiveness, and leadership skills.
361	361	(b-1) A school district must provide training as described
362	362	by Subsection (b)(2) to mentor teachers and any appropriate
363	363	district and campus employees who work with the classroom teacher
364	364	or supervise the classroom teacher. A district may allow a training
365	365	program approved by the commissioner under Subsection (b)(1) to
366	366	qualify for the training required by this section. The training
367	367	must be completed by the mentor teacher and the district and campus
368	368	employees before the beginning of the school year. The district
369	369	shall also provide supplemental training to mentor teachers and
370	370	employees during the school year. The training must include
371	371	content related to best mentorship practices.
372	372	SECTION 10. Section 22.902, Education Code, is amended by
373	373	amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c-1) to read as
374	374	follows:
375	375	(a) A school district shall [annually] make available to
376	376	district employees and volunteers instruction in the principles and
377	377	techniques of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an
378	378	automated external defibrillator, as defined by Section 779.001,
379	379	Health and Safety Code.
380	380	(c-1) Each school district shall adopt procedures for each
381	381	person required to be certified under Subsection (c) to submit
382	382	proof of current certification. Procedures adopted by a district
383	383	under this section must include the time and manner in which proof
384	384	of current certification must be submitted.
385	385	SECTION 11. Section 28.006(g-1), Education Code, is amended
386	386	to read as follows:
387	387	(g-1) A school district shall provide additional reading
388	388	instruction and intervention to each student in seventh grade
389	389	assessed under Subsection (c-1), as appropriate to improve the
390	390	student's reading skills in the relevant areas identified through
391	391	the assessment instrument. Training and support for activities
392	392	required by this subsection shall be provided by regional education
393	393	service centers and teacher literacy achievement [reading]
394	394	academies established under Section 21.4552 [21.4551], and may be
395	395	provided by other public and private providers.
396	396	SECTION 12. Section 28.0062(a), Education Code, is amended
397	397	to read as follows:
398	398	(a) Each school district and open-enrollment charter school
399	399	shall:
400	400	(1) provide for the use of a phonics curriculum that
401	401	uses systematic direct instruction in kindergarten through third
402	402	grade to ensure all students obtain necessary early literacy
403	403	skills;
404	404	(2) ensure that:
405	405	(A) not later than the 2022-2023 [2021-2022]
406	406	school year, each classroom teacher in kindergarten or first,
407	407	second, or third grade and each principal at a campus with
408	408	kindergarten or first, second, or third grade has attended a
409	409	teacher literacy achievement academy developed under Section
410	410	21.4552; and
411	411	(B) each classroom teacher and each principal
412	412	initially employed in a grade level or at a campus described by
413	413	Paragraph (A) for the 2022-2023 [2021-2022] school year or a
414	414	subsequent school year has attended a teacher literacy achievement
415	415	academy developed under Section 21.4552 before the teacher's or
416	416	principal's first year of placement in that grade level or campus;
417	417	and
418	418	(3) certify to the agency that the district or school:
419	419	(A) prioritizes placement of highly effective
420	420	teachers in kindergarten through second grade; and
421	421	(B) has integrated reading instruments used to
422	422	diagnose reading development and comprehension to support each
423	423	student in prekindergarten through third grade.
424	424	SECTION 13. Section 29.063, Education Code, is amended by
425	425	adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
426	426	(e) The agency may not require members of a language
427	427	proficiency assessment committee to complete training to serve on
428	428	that committee.
429	429	SECTION 14. Sections 33.202(b) and (c), Education Code, are
430	430	amended to read as follows:
431	431	(b) The following persons must satisfactorily complete the
432	432	safety training program in accordance with the frequency
433	433	requirement adopted under Section 21.4515:
434	434	(1) a coach, trainer, or sponsor for an
435	435	extracurricular athletic activity; and
436	436	(2) [except as provided by Subsection (f), a physician
437	437	who is employed by a school or school district or who volunteers to
438	438	assist with an extracurricular athletic activity; and
439	439	[(3)] a director responsible for a school marching
440	440	band.
441	441	(c) The safety training program must include:
442	442	(1) certification of participants by the American Red
443	443	Cross, the American Heart Association, or a similar organization or
444	444	by the University Interscholastic League;
445	445	(2) current training in:
446	446	(A) emergency action planning;
447	447	(B) [cardiopulmonary resuscitation if the person
448	448	is not required to obtain certification under Section 33.086;
449	449	[(C)] communicating effectively with 9-1-1
450	450	emergency service operators and other emergency personnel; and
451	451	(C) [(D)] recognizing symptoms of potentially
452	452	catastrophic injuries, including head and neck injuries,
453	453	concussions, injuries related to second impact syndrome, asthma
454	454	attacks, heatstroke, cardiac arrest, and injuries requiring use of
455	455	a defibrillator; and
456	456	(3) [at least once each school year,] a safety drill
457	457	that incorporates the training described by Subdivision (2) and
458	458	simulates various injuries described by Subdivision (2)(C)
459	459	[(2)(D)].
460	460	SECTION 15. Section 37.0831(b), Education Code, is amended
461	461	to read as follows:
462	462	(b) A dating violence policy must:
463	463	(1) include a definition of dating violence that
464	464	includes the intentional use of physical, sexual, verbal, or
465	465	emotional abuse by a person to harm, threaten, intimidate, or
466	466	control another person in a dating relationship, as defined by
467	467	Section 71.0021, Family Code; and
468	468	(2) address safety planning, enforcement of
469	469	protective orders, school-based alternatives to protective orders,
470	470	training for teachers and administrators at each district campus
471	471	that instructs students in grade six or higher, counseling for
472	472	affected students, and awareness education for students and
473	473	parents.
474	474	SECTION 16. Sections 38.0041(c) and (d), Education Code,
475	475	are amended to read as follows:
476	476	(c) The methods under Subsection (b)(1) for increasing
477	477	awareness of issues regarding sexual abuse, sex trafficking, and
478	478	other maltreatment of children must include training, as provided
479	479	by this subsection, concerning prevention techniques for and
480	480	recognition of sexual abuse, sex trafficking, and all other
481	481	maltreatment of children, including the sexual abuse, sex
482	482	trafficking, and other maltreatment of children with significant
483	483	cognitive disabilities. The training:
484	484	(1) must be provided in accordance with the frequency
485	485	requirement adopted for the training under Section 21.4515 [, as
486	486	part of a new employee orientation, to all new school district and
487	487	open-enrollment charter school employees and to existing district
488	488	and open-enrollment charter school employees on a schedule adopted
489	489	by the agency by rule until all district and open-enrollment
490	490	charter school employees have taken the training]; and
491	491	(2) must include training concerning:
492	492	(A) factors indicating a child is at risk for
493	493	sexual abuse, sex trafficking, or other maltreatment;
494	494	(B) likely warning signs indicating a child may
495	495	be a victim of sexual abuse, sex trafficking, or other
496	496	maltreatment;
497	497	(C) internal procedures for seeking assistance
498	498	for a child who is at risk for sexual abuse, sex trafficking, or
499	499	other maltreatment, including referral to a school counselor, a
500	500	social worker, or another mental health professional;
501	501	(D) techniques for reducing a child's risk of
502	502	sexual abuse, sex trafficking, or other maltreatment; and
503	503	(E) community organizations that have relevant
504	504	existing research-based programs that are able to provide training
505	505	or other education for school district or open-enrollment charter
506	506	school staff members, students, and parents.
507	507	(d) For any training under Subsection (c), each school
508	508	district and open-enrollment charter school shall maintain records
509	509	that include the number [name] of [each] district or charter school
510	510	staff members [member] who participated in the training.
511	511	SECTION 17. Section 38.030(g), Education Code, is amended
512	512	to read as follows:
513	513	(g) The course of instruction for training described under
514	514	Subsection (f) may [not] be provided as an online course. The
515	515	course of instruction must use nationally recognized,
516	516	evidence-based guidelines for bleeding control and must
517	517	incorporate instruction on the psychomotor skills necessary to use
518	518	a bleeding control station in the event of an injury to another
519	519	person, including instruction on proper chest seal placement.
520	520	SECTION 18. Section 38.036, Education Code, is amended by
521	521	amending Subsections (c) and (d) and adding Subsection (c-1) to
522	522	read as follows:
523	523	(c) The methods under Subsection (b)(1) for increasing
524	524	awareness and implementation of trauma-informed care must include
525	525	training as provided by this subsection. The training must:
526	526	(1) be provided:
527	527	(A) [(1)] through a program selected from the
528	528	list of recommended best practice-based programs and
529	529	research-based practices established under Section 38.351
530	530	[161.325, Health and Safety Code]; and
531	531	(B) in accordance with the frequency requirement
532	532	adopted for the training under Section 21.4515 [(2) as part of any
533	533	new employee orientation for all new school district educators];
534	534	and
535	535	(2) address how grief and trauma affect student
536	536	learning and behavior and how evidence-based, grief-informed, and
537	537	trauma-informed strategies support the academic success of
538	538	students affected by grief and trauma
539	539	[(3) to existing school district educators on a
540	540	schedule adopted by the agency by rule that requires educators to be
541	541	trained at intervals necessary to keep educators informed of
542	542	developments in the field].
543	543	(c-1) The training under Subsection (c) may include two or
544	544	more listed topics together.
545	545	(d) For any training under Subsection (c), each school
546	546	district shall maintain records that include the number [name] of
547	547	[each] district staff members [member] who participated in the
548	548	training.
549	549	SECTION 19. Section 38.210(b), Education Code, is amended
550	550	to read as follows:
551	551	(b) Training required under this section must:
552	552	(1) include information on:
553	553	(A) recognizing the signs and symptoms of
554	554	anaphylaxis;
555	555	(B) administering an epinephrine auto-injector;
556	556	(C) implementing emergency procedures, if
557	557	necessary, after administering an epinephrine auto-injector; and
558	558	(D) properly disposing of used or expired
559	559	epinephrine auto-injectors; [and]
560	560	(2) be provided in a formal training session or
561	561	through online education; and
562	562	(3) be provided before the beginning of the school
563	563	year or as soon as practicable following:
564	564	(A) the enrollment of a student with a diagnosed
565	565	food allergy at risk for anaphylaxis at a campus that previously had
566	566	no students with a diagnosed food allergy at risk for anaphylaxis;
567	567	or
568	568	(B) a diagnosis of a student with a food allergy
569	569	that makes the student at risk for anaphylaxis at a campus that
570	570	previously had no students with a diagnosed food allergy at risk for
571	571	anaphylaxis [and be completed annually].
572	572	SECTION 20. Section 38.351(h), Education Code, is amended
573	573	to read as follows:
574	574	(h) If a school district provides the training under
575	575	Subsection (g), the school district shall:
576	576	(1) require completion of the training in accordance
577	577	with the frequency requirement established for that training under
578	578	Section 21.4515 [a school district employee described under that
579	579	subsection must participate in the training at least one time]; and
580	580	(2) [the school district shall] maintain records that
581	581	include the number of [name of each] district employees [employee]
582	582	who participated in the training.
583	583	SECTION 21. Section 39.0304, Education Code, is amended by
584	584	amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (b-1) and (b-2) to
585	585	read as follows:
586	586	(a) To ensure that each administration of assessment
587	587	instruments under Section 39.023 is valid, reliable, and in
588	588	compliance with the requirements of this subchapter, the
589	589	commissioner may require training for school district employees
590	590	involved in the administration of the assessment instruments,
591	591	subject to Subsection (b-1).
592	592	(b-1) The commissioner may only require the employee at each
593	593	district campus who oversees the administration of the assessment
594	594	instruments to annually receive the training required under
595	595	Subsection (a).
596	596	(b-2) The school district employee who oversees test
597	597	administration on a district campus may, with discretion, require
598	598	other district employees involved in the administration of
599	599	assessment instruments to repeat the training under Subsection (a).
600	600	SECTION 22. Section 39.408, Education Code, is amended to
601	601	read as follows:
602	602	Sec. 39.408. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR CERTAIN GRANT
603	603	PROGRAMS. A school district or campus is eligible to participate in
604	604	programs under Sections [21.4541,] 29.095[,] and 29.096 if the
605	605	district or campus exhibited during each of the three preceding
606	606	school years characteristics that strongly correlate with high
607	607	dropout rates.
608	608	SECTION 23. The following provisions of the Education Code
609	609	are repealed:
610	610	(1) Section 21.054(d-2), as amended by Chapter 464
611	611	(S.B. 11) and Chapter 352 (H.B. 18), Acts of the 86th Legislature,
612	612	Regular Session, 2019;
613	613	(2) Section 21.054(e-2);
614	614	(3) Section 21.454;
615	615	(4) Section 21.4541;
616	616	(5) Section 21.455;
617	617	(6) Section 21.4551;
618	618	(7) Section 21.4554;
619	619	(8) Section 21.457;
620	620	(9) Section 28.013(d);
621	621	(10) Section 33.086;
622	622	(11) Sections 33.202(d), (e), and (f);
623	623	(12) Section 34.0021; and
624	624	(13) Section 38.036(e).
625	625	SECTION 24. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
626	626	over another Act of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021,
627	627	relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
628	628	codes.
629	629	SECTION 25. (a) Not later than June 1, 2022, the State
630	630	Board for Educator Certification shall develop the continuing
631	631	education and training clearinghouse required by Section 21.4514,
632	632	Education Code, as added by this Act.
633	633	(b) Not later than August 1, 2022, each school district
634	634	shall establish frequency requirements for continuing education
635	635	and training for district personnel in accordance with Section
636	636	21.4515, Education Code, as added by this Act. District personnel
637	637	who are required to complete continuing education or training that
638	638	is subject to Section 21.4515, Education Code, as added by this Act,
639	639	must complete the continuing education or training in accordance
640	640	with the frequency requirement established under Section 21.4515,
641	641	Education Code, as added by this Act, beginning with the 2022-2023
642	642	school year.
643	643	(c) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this section,
644	644	this Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022 school year.
645	645	SECTION 26. This Act takes effect immediately if it
646	646	receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each
647	647	house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.
648	648	If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate
649	649	effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2021.