Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	89R6030 TSS-D
2	2	By: Howard H.B. No. 2056
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the designation of a public school health officer and
10	10	the school health and safety allotment under the Foundation School
11	11	Program.
12	12	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	13	SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is
14	14	amended by adding Section 38.047 to read as follows:
15	15	Sec. 38.047. SCHOOL HEALTH OFFICER. (a) The principal of
16	16	each school district campus shall designate an employee of the
17	17	campus as the campus's school health officer.
18	18	(b) The school health officer at a school district campus
19	19	may:
20	20	(1) manage and monitor school health initiatives and
21	21	the implementation of health requirements at the campus; and
22	22	(2) notwithstanding Section 22.052, administer
23	23	medication to students enrolled at the campus in compliance with
24	24	the rules adopted under Subsection (c) and other law.
25	25	(c) Notwithstanding any other law, the executive
26	26	commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall
27	27	adopt rules regarding the administration of medication to a student
28	28	by a school health officer under this section, including rules
29	29	providing a list of medications that a school health officer may
30	30	administer.
31	31	SECTION 2. The heading to Section 48.115, Education Code,
32	32	is amended to read as follows:
33	33	Sec. 48.115. SCHOOL HEALTH AND SAFETY ALLOTMENT.
34	34	SECTION 3. Section 48.115(b), Education Code, is amended to
35	35	read as follows:
36	36	(b) Funds allocated under this section must be used to
37	37	improve school district student health and school safety and
38	38	security, including costs associated with:
39	39	(1) securing school facilities in accordance with the
40	40	requirements of Section 37.351, including:
41	41	(A) improvements to school infrastructure;
42	42	(B) the use or installation of perimeter security
43	43	fencing conducive to a public school learning environment or
44	44	physical barriers, which may not include razor wire;
45	45	(C) exterior door and window safety and security
46	46	upgrades, including exterior door numbering and locking systems and
47	47	security film that provides resistance to a forced entry; and
48	48	(D) the purchase and maintenance of:
49	49	(i) security cameras and, if the district
50	50	has already installed security cameras, other security equipment,
51	51	including video surveillance as provided by Section 29.022; and
52	52	(ii) technology, including communications
53	53	systems or devices, such as silent panic alert devices, two-way
54	54	radios, or wireless Internet booster equipment, that facilitates
55	55	communication and information sharing between students, school
56	56	personnel, and first responders in an emergency;
57	57	(2) providing security for the district, including:
58	58	(A) employing school district peace officers,
59	59	private security officers, and school marshals; and
60	60	(B) collaborating with local law enforcement
61	61	agencies, such as entering into a memorandum of understanding for
62	62	the assignment of school resource officers to schools in the
63	63	district;
64	64	(3) school safety and security measures, including:
65	65	(A) active shooter and emergency response
66	66	training;
67	67	(B) prevention and treatment programs relating
68	68	to addressing adverse childhood experiences; and
69	69	(C) the prevention, identification, and
70	70	management of emergencies and threats, using evidence-based,
71	71	effective prevention practices and including:
72	72	(i) providing licensed counselors, social
73	73	workers, chaplains, and individuals trained in restorative
74	74	discipline and restorative justice practices;
75	75	(ii) providing mental health personnel and
76	76	support, including chaplains;
77	77	(iii) providing behavioral health
78	78	services, including services provided by chaplains;
79	79	(iv) establishing threat reporting
80	80	systems; and
81	81	(v) developing and implementing programs
82	82	focused on restorative justice practices, culturally relevant
83	83	instruction, and providing mental health support, including
84	84	support provided by chaplains;
85	85	(4) providing programs related to suicide prevention,
86	86	intervention, and postvention, including programs provided by
87	87	chaplains; [and]
88	88	(5) employing a school safety director and other
89	89	personnel to manage and monitor school safety initiatives and the
90	90	implementation of school safety requirements for the district; and
91	91	(6) providing school health officers for each district
92	92	campus as required by Section 38.047.
93	93	SECTION 4. Section 37.108(b-1), Education Code, is amended
94	94	to read as follows:
95	95	(b-1) In a school district's safety and security audit
96	96	required under Subsection (b), the district must certify that the
97	97	district used the funds provided to the district through the school
98	98	health and safety allotment under Section 48.115 only for the
99	99	purposes provided by that section.
100	100	SECTION 5. Section 37.117(c), Education Code, as added by
101	101	Chapter 1 (S.B. 838), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular
102	102	Session, 2023, is amended to read as follows:
103	103	(c) To comply with this section, a school district or
104	104	open-enrollment charter school may:
105	105	(1) use funds provided to the district or school
106	106	through the school health and safety allotment under Section 48.115
107	107	or other available funds; and
108	108	(2) use the district's or school's customary
109	109	procurement process.
110	110	SECTION 6. Section 37.354(a), Education Code, is amended to
111	111	read as follows:
112	112	(a) The commissioner may authorize a school district to use
113	113	money provided to the district for the purpose of improving school
114	114	safety and security, including the school health and safety
115	115	allotment under Section 48.115 or any other funding or grant money
116	116	available to the district for that purpose, to comply with the
117	117	requirements of this subchapter.
118	118	SECTION 7. As soon as practicable after the effective date
119	119	of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human
120	120	Services Commission shall adopt the rules regarding the
121	121	administration of medication to a student by a school health
122	122	officer required by Section 38.047, Education Code, as added by
123	123	this Act.
124	124	SECTION 8. It is the intent of the 89th Legislature, Regular
125	125	Session, 2025, that the amendments made by this Act be harmonized
126	126	with another Act of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025,
127	127	relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
128	128	codes.
129	129	SECTION 9. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.