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		By: King of Hemphill, Burrows,
            H.B. No. 13
         
		    King of Uvalde, Gonz lez of El Paso,
         
               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
            
               AN ACT
            
            relating to training, preparedness, and funding for school safety 
         
            and emergencies in public schools.
         
                   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
                   SECTION 1.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 22, Education Code, is 
         
            amended by adding Section 22.904 to read as follows:
         
                   Sec. 22.904.  MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TRAINING.  (a)  Except 
         
            as otherwise provided by this section, a school district shall 
         
            require each district employee who regularly interacts with 
         
            students enrolled at the district to complete an evidence-based 
         
            mental health first aid training program designed to provide 
         
            instruction to participants regarding the recognition and support 
         
            of children and youth who experience a mental health or substance 
         
            use issue that may pose a threat to school safety.
         
                   (b)  A school district may not require a district employee 
         
            who has previously completed mental health first aid training 
         
            offered by a local mental health authority under Section 1001.203, 
         
            Health and Safety Code, to complete the training required by this 
         
            section.
         
                   (c)  The agency shall provide an allotment to each school 
         
            district equal to the sum of the amount district employees spent on 
         
            travel and training fees and the product of each employee's hourly 
         
            salary multiplied by the number of hours that employee spent 
         
            completing the training in accordance with commissioner rule to 
         
            comply with this section. An allotment provided to a district under 
         
            this section must be used to reimburse the employee for the cost of 
         
            travel and training fees and to compensate the employee for the time 
         
            spent completing the training required by this section.
         
                   (d)  The State Board for Educator Certification shall 
         
            propose rules allowing an educator to receive credit toward the 
         
            educator's continuing education requirements under Section 
         
            21.054(g) for the educator's participation in mental health first 
         
            aid training under this section.
         
                   (e)  The commissioner shall adopt rules to implement this 
         
            section, including rules specifying the training fees and travel 
         
            expenses subject to reimbursement under Subsection (c).
         
                   SECTION 2.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 29, Education Code, is 
         
            amended by adding Section 29.9074 to read as follows:
         
                   Sec. 29.9074.  FENTANYL POISONING AWARENESS WEEK.  (a)  To 
         
            educate students about the dangers posed by the drug fentanyl and 
         
            the risks of fentanyl poisoning, including overdose, the governor 
         
            shall designate a week to be known as Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness 
         
            Week in public schools.
         
                   (b)  Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness Week may include 
         
            age-appropriate instruction, including instruction on the 
         
            prevention of the abuse of and addiction to fentanyl, as determined 
         
            by each school district.
         
                   SECTION 3.  Section 37.0812(a), Education Code, is amended 
         
            to read as follows:
         
                   (a)  A school district peace officer or school resource 
         
            officer shall complete an active shooter response training program 
         
            approved by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement at least once in 
         
            each four-year period.
         
                   SECTION 4.  Subchapter C, Chapter 37, Education Code, is 
         
            amended by adding Section 37.08121 to read as follows:
         
                   Sec. 37.08121.  SCHOOL SENTINEL PROGRAM, TRAINING, AND 
         
            STIPEND.  (a)  In this section, "school sentinel" means a school 
         
            district or open-enrollment charter school employee who, pursuant 
         
            to the written regulations or written authorization of the district 
         
            or school under Section 46.03(a)(1)(A), Penal Code, is authorized 
         
            to carry or possess a specified weapon for the purpose of providing 
         
            safety and security on the physical premises of the employee's 
         
            school, any grounds or building on which an activity sponsored by 
         
            the school is being conducted, or a passenger transportation 
         
            vehicle of the school.
         
                   (b)  A school district or open-enrollment charter school may 
         
            establish a school sentinel program in accordance with this section 
         
            for the purposes of school safety and security on school premises.  
         
            The written regulation or authorization of a school district or 
         
            open-enrollment charter school that authorizes the presence of a 
         
            school sentinel must require the sentinel to complete a school 
         
            sentinel training program approved by the agency under this section 
         
            before being permitted to carry or possess a weapon on the physical 
         
            premises of the 
Statutes affected: 
Introduced: Education Code 37.115, Education Code 48.115, Education Code 48.257 (Education Code 37, Education Code 48)
House Committee Report: Education Code 37.115, Education Code 37.108, Education Code 48.115, Education Code 48.257 (Education Code 37, Education Code 48)
Engrossed: Education Code 37.0812, Education Code 37.115, Education Code 37.108, Education Code 38.022, Education Code 38.351, Education Code 48.115 (Education Code 37, Education Code 48, Education Code 38)



	By: King of Hemphill, Burrows,	H.B. No. 13
	King of Uvalde, Gonz lez of El Paso,


	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to training, preparedness, and funding for school safety
	and emergencies in public schools.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 22, Education Code, is
	amended by adding Section 22.904 to read as follows:
	Sec. 22.904. MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TRAINING. (a) Except
	as otherwise provided by this section, a school district shall
	require each district employee who regularly interacts with
	students enrolled at the district to complete an evidence-based
	mental health first aid training program designed to provide
	instruction to participants regarding the recognition and support
	of children and youth who experience a mental health or substance
	use issue that may pose a threat to school safety.
	(b) A school district may not require a district employee
	who has previously completed mental health first aid training
	offered by a local mental health authority under Section 1001.203,
	Health and Safety Code, to complete the training required by this
	section.
	(c) The agency shall provide an allotment to each school
	district equal to the sum of the amount district employees spent on
	travel and training fees and the product of each employee's hourly
	salary multiplied by the number of hours that employee spent
	completing the training in accordance with commissioner rule to
	comply with this section. An allotment provided to a district under
	this section must be used to reimburse the employee for the cost of
	travel and training fees and to compensate the employee for the time
	spent completing the training required by this section.
	(d) The State Board for Educator Certification shall
	propose rules allowing an educator to receive credit toward the
	educator's continuing education requirements under Section
	21.054(g) for the educator's participation in mental health first
	aid training under this section.
	(e) The commissioner shall adopt rules to implement this
	section, including rules specifying the training fees and travel
	expenses subject to reimbursement under Subsection (c).
	SECTION 2. Subchapter Z, Chapter 29, Education Code, is
	amended by adding Section 29.9074 to read as follows:
	Sec. 29.9074. FENTANYL POISONING AWARENESS WEEK. (a) To
	educate students about the dangers posed by the drug fentanyl and
	the risks of fentanyl poisoning, including overdose, the governor
	shall designate a week to be known as Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness
	Week in public schools.
	(b) Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness Week may include
	age-appropriate instruction, including instruction on the
	prevention of the abuse of and addiction to fentanyl, as determined
	by each school district.
	SECTION 3. Section 37.0812(a), Education Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(a) A school district peace officer or school resource
	officer shall complete an active shooter response training program
	approved by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement at least once in
	each four-year period.
	SECTION 4. Subchapter C, Chapter 37, Education Code, is
	amended by adding Section 37.08121 to read as follows:
	Sec. 37.08121. SCHOOL SENTINEL PROGRAM, TRAINING, AND
	STIPEND. (a) In this section, "school sentinel" means a school
	district or open-enrollment charter school employee who, pursuant
	to the written regulations or written authorization of the district
	or school under Section 46.03(a)(1)(A), Penal Code, is authorized
	to carry or possess a specified weapon for the purpose of providing
	safety and security on the physical premises of the employee's
	school, any grounds or building on which an activity sponsored by
	the school is being conducted, or a passenger transportation
	vehicle of the school.
	(b) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may
	establish a school sentinel program in accordance with this section
	for the purposes of school safety and security on school premises.
	The written regulation or authorization of a school district or
	open-enrollment charter school that authorizes the presence of a
	school sentinel must require the sentinel to complete a school
	sentinel training program approved by the agency under this section
	before being permitted to carry or possess a weapon on the physical
	premises of the Statutes affected: Introduced: Education Code 37.115, Education Code 48.115, Education Code 48.257 (Education Code 37, Education Code 48) House Committee Report: Education Code 37.115, Education Code 37.108, Education Code 48.115, Education Code 48.257 (Education Code 37, Education Code 48) Engrossed: Education Code 37.0812, Education Code 37.115, Education Code 37.108, Education Code 38.022, Education Code 38.351, Education Code 48.115 (Education Code 37, Education Code 48, Education Code 38)