89R12229 MEW-F
By: Allen H.B. No. 3051
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the policies and procedures of a public school's threat
assessment and safe and supportive school teams.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 37.115(c), Education Code, as amended by
Chapters 896 (H.B. 3) and 948 (S.B. 1720), Acts of the 88th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, is reenacted and amended to
read as follows:
(c) The board of trustees of each school district shall
establish a threat assessment and safe and supportive school team
to serve at each campus of the district and shall adopt policies and
procedures for the teams. The team is responsible for developing
and implementing the safe and supportive school program under
Subsection (b) at the district campus served by the team. The
policies and procedures adopted under this section must:
(1) be consistent with the model policies and
procedures developed by the Texas School Safety Center;
(2) require each team to complete training provided by
the Texas School Safety Center or a regional education service
center regarding evidence-based threat assessment programs;
(3) require each team established under this section
to report the information required under Subsection (k) regarding
the team's activities to the agency; [and]
(4) provide for:
(A) a district employee who reports a potential
threat to a team to elect for the employee's identity to be
confidential and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552,
Government Code, except as necessary for the team, the district, or
law enforcement to investigate the potential threat; and
(B) the district to maintain a record of the
identity of a district employee who elects for the employee's
identity to be confidential under Paragraph (A);
(5) [(4)] require each district campus to establish a
clear procedure for a student to report concerning behavior
exhibited by another student for assessment by the team or other
appropriate school employee; and
(6) require that, as soon as practicable after an
administrator or team for a district campus receives information
regarding a threat made against that campus, including through
social media, the administrator or team immediately provide to each
educator who may be directly affected by the threat notice that
includes:
(A) a statement of the existence of the threat;
(B) the specific language used in the threat, if
applicable;
(C) the nature of the threat; and
(D) any other pertinent details to ensure student
and staff safety.
SECTION 2. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
over another Act of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025,
relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
codes.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.