By: Sparks S.B. No. 562
(In the Senate - Filed January 23, 2023; February 17, 2023,
read first time and referred to Committee on Education;
April 11, 2023, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 12, Nays 0; April 11, 2023,
sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 562 By: Flores
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to parental rights regarding a threat assessment of a
student conducted by a public school's threat assessment and safe
and supportive school team.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 37.115, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (f-1) and (f-2) to read as follows:
(f-1) Before a team may conduct a threat assessment of a
student, the team must notify the parent of or person standing in
parental relation to the student regarding the assessment. In
conducting the assessment, the team shall make a good faith effort
to provide an opportunity for the parent or person to:
(1) participate in the assessment, either in person or
remotely; and
(2) submit to the team information regarding the
student.
(f-2) After completing a threat assessment of a student, the
team shall provide to the parent of or person standing in parental
relation to the student the team's findings and conclusions
regarding the student.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024
school year.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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