Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	89R4285 CMO-D
2	2	By: West S.B. No. 2242
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to school district policies on dating violence.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Section 11.252(a), Education Code, is amended to
12	12	read as follows:
13	13	(a) Each school district shall have a district improvement
14	14	plan that is developed, evaluated, and revised annually, in
15	15	accordance with district policy, by the superintendent with the
16	16	assistance of the district-level committee established under
17	17	Section 11.251. The purpose of the district improvement plan is to
18	18	guide district and campus staff in the improvement of student
19	19	performance for all student groups in order to attain state
20	20	standards in respect to the achievement indicators adopted under
21	21	Section 39.053(c). The district improvement plan must include
22	22	provisions for:
23	23	(1) a comprehensive needs assessment addressing
24	24	district student performance on the achievement indicators, and
25	25	other appropriate measures of performance, that are disaggregated
26	26	by all student groups served by the district, including categories
27	27	of ethnicity, socioeconomic status, sex, and populations served by
28	28	special programs, including students in special education programs
29	29	under Subchapter A, Chapter 29;
30	30	(2) measurable district performance objectives for
31	31	all appropriate achievement indicators for all student
32	32	populations, including students in special education programs
33	33	under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, and other measures of student
34	34	performance that may be identified through the comprehensive needs
35	35	assessment;
36	36	(3) strategies for improvement of student performance
37	37	that include:
38	38	(A) instructional methods for addressing the
39	39	needs of student groups not achieving their full potential;
40	40	(B) evidence-based practices that address the
41	41	needs of students for special programs, including:
42	42	(i) suicide prevention programs, in
43	43	accordance with Subchapter G, Chapter 38, which include a parental
44	44	or guardian notification procedure;
45	45	(ii) conflict resolution programs;
46	46	(iii) violence prevention programs; and
47	47	(iv) dyslexia treatment programs;
48	48	(C) dropout reduction;
49	49	(D) integration of technology in instructional
50	50	and administrative programs;
51	51	(E) positive behavior interventions and support,
52	52	including interventions and support that integrate best practices
53	53	on grief-informed and trauma-informed care;
54	54	(F) staff development for professional staff of
55	55	the district;
56	56	(G) career education to assist students in
57	57	developing the knowledge, skills, and competencies necessary for a
58	58	broad range of career opportunities;
59	59	(H) accelerated education; and
60	60	(I) implementation of a comprehensive school
61	61	counseling program under Section 33.005;
62	62	(4) strategies for providing to elementary school,
63	63	middle school, junior high school, and high school students, those
64	64	students' teachers and school counselors, and those students'
65	65	parents information about:
66	66	(A) higher education admissions and financial
67	67	aid opportunities, including state financial aid opportunities
68	68	such as the TEXAS grant program and the Teach for Texas grant
69	69	program established under Chapter 56;
70	70	(B) the need for students to make informed
71	71	curriculum choices to be prepared for success beyond high school;
72	72	and
73	73	(C) sources of information on higher education
74	74	admissions and financial aid;
75	75	(5) resources needed to implement identified
76	76	strategies;
77	77	(6) staff responsible for ensuring the accomplishment
78	78	of each strategy;
79	79	(7) timelines for ongoing monitoring of the
80	80	implementation of each improvement strategy;
81	81	(8) formative evaluation criteria for determining
82	82	periodically whether strategies are resulting in intended
83	83	improvement of student performance;
84	84	(9) the policy under Section 38.0041 addressing sexual
85	85	abuse and other maltreatment of children; [and]
86	86	(10) the trauma-informed care policy required under
87	87	Section 38.036; and
88	88	(11) the policy on dating violence required under
89	89	Section 37.0831.
90	90	SECTION 2. Section 37.0831(b), Education Code, is amended
91	91	to read as follows:
92	92	(b) A dating violence policy must:
93	93	(1) include:
94	94	(A) a definition of dating violence that includes
95	95	the intentional use of physical, sexual, verbal, or emotional abuse
96	96	by a person to harm, threaten, intimidate, or control another
97	97	person in a dating relationship, as defined by Section 71.0021,
98	98	Family Code;
99	99	(B) a clear statement that dating violence is not
100	100	tolerated at school; [and]
101	101	(C) [reporting] procedures, protocols, and
102	102	guidelines for reporting and responding to incidents [students who
103	103	are victims] of dating violence that are focused on victim safety,
104	104	including:
105	105	(i) a procedure for [immediately] notifying
106	106	the parent or guardian of a student about a report received by the
107	107	district identifying the student as an alleged victim or
108	108	perpetrator of dating violence as soon as reasonably possible,
109	109	subject to Subparagraph (ii); and
110	110	(ii) a requirement that a school district
111	111	notify the parent or guardian of a student identified as an alleged
112	112	victim of dating violence before the district notifies the parent
113	113	or guardian of a student identified as an alleged perpetrator of
114	114	dating violence; and
115	115	(D) interim measures to protect and support
116	116	victims of dating violence during the pendency of the school's
117	117	disciplinary process, including protection from retaliation, and
118	118	any other accommodations available to those victims at the school;
119	119	and
120	120	(2) address safety planning, enforcement of
121	121	protective orders, school-based alternatives to protective orders,
122	122	training for teachers and administrators at each district campus
123	123	that instructs students in grade six or higher, counseling for
124	124	affected students, and awareness education for students and
125	125	parents.
126	126	SECTION 3. Each school district shall implement a policy on
127	127	dating violence, as required by Section 37.0831, Education Code, as
128	128	amended by this Act, not later than the beginning of the 2025-2026
129	129	school year.
130	130	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
131	131	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
132	132	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
133	133	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
134	134	Act takes effect September 1, 2025.