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1	1	H.B. No. 3466
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4	4	AN ACT
5	5	relating to the administration of certain programs regarding
6	6	Holocaust Remembrance Week and the establishment and expansion of
7	7	community collaboratives.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 29, Education Code, is
10	10	amended by adding Section 29.90725 to read as follows:
11	11	Sec. 29.90725. SURVEY ON HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE WEEK
12	12	INSTRUCTION. (a) In this section, "advisory commission" means
13	13	the Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory
14	14	Commission.
15	15	(b) The advisory commission, with the assistance of the
16	16	agency, shall conduct a survey of school districts to review the
17	17	implementation at each district of Holocaust Remembrance Week
18	18	instruction under Section 29.9072.
19	19	(c) The survey must request information from at least half
20	20	of the campuses in a surveyed school district regarding Holocaust
21	21	Remembrance Week instruction, including:
22	22	(1) the extent to which the campus participates in
23	23	Holocaust Remembrance Week;
24	24	(2) the familiarity of the educators and
25	25	administrators at each campus with the materials and resources
26	26	available from the advisory commission and other local institutions
27	27	dedicated to Holocaust education to support instruction during
28	28	Holocaust Remembrance Week; and
29	29	(3) any additional materials or resources the campus
30	30	would find useful to support instruction during Holocaust
31	31	Remembrance Week, including professional development for
32	32	educators, lesson plans, or other classroom resources.
33	33	(d) Not later than December 1, 2024, the advisory commission
34	34	shall submit to the legislature a written report that includes the
35	35	survey's findings and any recommendations for legislative or other
36	36	action.
37	37	(e) This section expires September 1, 2025.
38	38	SECTION 2. Sections 539.002(a) and (b), Government Code,
39	39	are amended to read as follows:
40	40	(a) To the extent funds are appropriated to the department
41	41	for that purpose, the department shall make grants to entities,
42	42	including local governmental entities, nonprofit community
43	43	organizations, and faith-based community organizations, to
44	44	establish or expand community collaboratives that bring the public
45	45	and private sectors together to provide services to persons
46	46	experiencing homelessness, substance abuse issues, or mental
47	47	illness. In awarding grants, the department shall give special
48	48	consideration to entities:
49	49	(1) establishing new collaboratives; [or]
50	50	(2) establishing or expanding collaboratives that
51	51	serve two or more counties, each with a population of less than
52	52	100,000; or
53	53	(3) providing services to an average of at least 50
54	54	percent of persons experiencing homelessness in a geographic area
55	55	served by a Continuum of Care Program funded by the United States
56	56	Department of Housing and Urban Development according to the last
57	57	three Point-in-Time surveys of homelessness conducted by that
58	58	department.
59	59	(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the department
60	60	shall require each entity awarded a grant under this section to:
61	61	(1) leverage additional funding or in-kind
62	62	contributions from private contributors or local governments,
63	63	excluding state or federal funds, in an amount that is at least
64	64	equal to the amount of the grant awarded under this section;
65	65	(2) provide evidence of significant coordination and
66	66	collaboration between the entity, local mental health authorities,
67	67	municipalities, local law enforcement agencies, and other
68	68	community stakeholders in establishing or expanding a community
69	69	collaborative funded by a grant awarded under this section; and
70	70	(3) provide evidence of a local law enforcement policy
71	71	to divert appropriate persons from jails, [or] other detention
72	72	facilities, or mental health facilities operated by or under
73	73	contract with the commission to an entity affiliated with a
74	74	community collaborative for the purpose of providing services to
75	75	those persons.
76	76	SECTION 3. Chapter 539, Government Code, is amended by
77	77	adding Section 539.010 to read as follows:
78	78	Sec. 539.010. BIENNIAL REPORT. (a) The department shall
79	79	prepare a report that includes:
80	80	(1) the method by which the department chose entities
81	81	to award grants to under this chapter;
82	82	(2) the amount of each grant awarded to an entity under
83	83	this chapter;
84	84	(3) the number of individuals served by each community
85	85	collaborative receiving grant funds under this chapter; and
86	86	(4) the results of the annual review of outcome
87	87	measures required by Section 539.006.
88	88	(b) Not later than September 1 of each even-numbered year,
89	89	the department shall submit a report described by Subsection (a)
90	90	to:
91	91	(1) the lieutenant governor;
92	92	(2) the speaker of the house of representatives;
93	93	(3) the standing committees of the legislature having
94	94	primary jurisdiction over the department and state finance; and
95	95	(4) the Legislative Budget Board.
96	96	SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act to Section
97	97	539.002, Government Code, apply only to a grant awarded on or after
98	98	the effective date of this Act. A grant awarded before the
99	99	effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
100	100	date the award was made, and the former law is continued in effect
101	101	for that purpose.
102	102	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
103	103	______________________________ ______________________________
104	104	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
105	105	I certify that H.B. No. 3466 was passed by the House on April
106	106	28, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 96, Nays 50, 2 present, not
107	107	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
108	108	No. 3466 on May 26, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 108, Nays 29,
109	109	3 present, not voting.
110	110	______________________________
111	111	Chief Clerk of the House
112	112	I certify that H.B. No. 3466 was passed by the Senate, with
113	113	amendments, on May 24, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays
114	114	2.
115	115	______________________________
116	116	Secretary of the Senate
117	117	APPROVED: __________________
118	118	Date
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120	120	Governor