Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

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1	1	87R5993 GCB-D
2	2	By: Menéndez S.B. No. 2057
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to a matching grant program for school districts for the
8	8	development and implementation of programs to address the social,
9	9	emotional, and behavioral needs of students.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 38, Education Code, is
12	12	amended by adding Section 38.354 to read as follows:
13	13	Sec. 38.354. MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM. (a) Subject to the
14	14	availability of federal or state-appropriated funds, the
15	15	commissioner shall establish a program under which grants are
16	16	awarded to school districts in an amount to match the amount of
17	17	funds pledged by the district to develop and implement programs
18	18	addressing the social, emotional, and behavioral needs of students.
19	19	Funds used by a district to establish a program under this section
20	20	must be funds received by the district through the school safety
21	21	allotment as provided by Section 48.115.
22	22	(b) In awarding grants under this section, the commissioner
23	23	shall prioritize the award of grants to school districts located in
24	24	rural areas and areas that have low property wealth per student.
25	25	(c) A program developed by a school district using a grant
26	26	awarded under this section must include research-based practices
27	27	and may include training, technical assistance, mentoring,
28	28	coaching, and evaluation services for district personnel and
29	29	program participants.
30	30	(d) The commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to
31	31	establish the matching grant program under this section.
32	32	SECTION 2. Section 42.168, Education Code, as added by
33	33	Chapter 464 (S.B. 11), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular
34	34	Session, 2019, is transferred to Subchapter C, Chapter 48,
35	35	Education Code, redesignated as Section 48.115, Education Code, and
36	36	amended to conform to changes made by Chapter 943 (H.B. 3), Acts of
37	37	the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, to read as follows:
38	38	Sec. 48.115 [42.168]. SCHOOL SAFETY ALLOTMENT. (a) In
39	39	this section, "postvention" has the meaning assigned by Section
40	40	38.351.
41	41	(b) From funds appropriated for that purpose, the
42	42	commissioner shall provide to a school district an annual allotment
43	43	in the amount provided by appropriation for each student in average
44	44	daily attendance.
45	45	(c) [(b)] Funds allocated under this section must be used to
46	46	improve school safety and security, including costs associated
47	47	with:
48	48	(1) securing school facilities, including:
49	49	(A) improvements to school infrastructure;
50	50	(B) the use or installation of physical barriers;
51	51	and
52	52	(C) the purchase and maintenance of:
53	53	(i) security cameras or other security
54	54	equipment; and
55	55	(ii) technology, including communications
56	56	systems or devices, that facilitates communication and information
57	57	sharing between students, school personnel, and first responders in
58	58	an emergency;
59	59	(2) providing security for the district, including:
60	60	(A) employing school district peace officers,
61	61	private security officers, and school marshals; and
62	62	(B) collaborating with local law enforcement
63	63	agencies, such as entering into a memorandum of understanding for
64	64	the assignment of school resource officers to schools in the
65	65	district;
66	66	(3) school safety and security training and planning,
67	67	including:
68	68	(A) active shooter and emergency response
69	69	training;
70	70	(B) prevention and treatment programs relating
71	71	to addressing adverse childhood experiences; and
72	72	(C) the prevention, identification, and
73	73	management of emergencies and threats, including:
74	74	(i) providing mental health personnel and
75	75	support;
76	76	(ii) providing behavioral health services;
77	77	and
78	78	(iii) establishing threat reporting
79	79	systems; and
80	80	(4) providing programs related to the social,
81	81	emotional, and behavioral needs of students, including programs
82	82	related to suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention.
83	83	(d) [(c)] A school district may use funds allocated under
84	84	this section for equipment or software that is used for a school
85	85	safety and security purpose and an instructional purpose, provided
86	86	that the instructional use does not compromise the safety and
87	87	security purpose of the equipment or software.
88	88	(e) [(d)] A school district that is required to take action
89	89	under Chapter 49 [41] to reduce its local revenue level [wealth per
90	90	student] to the [equalized wealth] level established under Section
91	91	48.257 is entitled to a credit, in the amount of the allotments to
92	92	which the district is to receive as provided by appropriation,
93	93	against the total amount required under Section 49.153 [41.093] for
94	94	the district to purchase attendance credit [credits].
95	95	(f) [(e)] The commissioner may adopt rules to implement
96	96	this section.
97	97	SECTION 3. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
98	98	over another Act of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021,
99	99	relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
100	100	codes.
101	101	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.