HB2880 - Relating to providing a designation for school district campuses that take certain action to address the mental and behavioral health and well-being of students.

  89R8549 JDK-D     By: Thompson H.B. No. 2880       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to providing a designation for school district campuses   that take certain action to address the mental and behavioral   health and well-being of students.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 33, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 33.917 to read as follows:           Sec.   33.917.     ADVANCING WELLNESS AND RESILIENCY IN EDUCATION   (AWARE) CAMPUS. (a)   In this section, "school climate" has the   meaning assigned by Section 38.351(d).           (b)     The agency shall designate a school district campus as   an Advancing Wellness and Resiliency in Education (AWARE) Campus if   the campus applies and qualifies for the designation under this   section.           (c)     To qualify as an Advancing Wellness and Resiliency in   Education (AWARE) Campus, a school district campus must:                 (1)     employ a school counselor who spends at least 80   percent of the counselor's total work time on duties included in a   comprehensive school counseling program developed under Section   33.005;                 (2)     maintain formal community partnerships with   community-based mental and behavioral health care providers to   increase student and family access to care, including by   contracting with:                       (A)  a local mental health authority; and                         (B)     the Texas Child Mental Health Care   Consortium;                   (3)     offer training for campus staff members on issues   related to the mental and behavioral health and well-being of   students as required by Sections 21.451, 22.904, 38.036, and 38.351   and maintain documentation of the completion of the training;                 (4)     as part of the safe and supportive school program   implemented under Section 37.115, provide a systemic and   coordinated multitiered support system that addresses school   climate, the social and emotional domain, psychological safety, and   mental and behavioral health, which must include:                       (A)     a multidisciplinary team for the   coordination of campus multitiered support system strategies;                         (B)     the maintenance of a resource list of   available school-based, school-connected, and community-based   mental and behavioral health and well-being interventions and   supports available to students and families;                       (C)     a referral pathway for mental and behavioral   health and well-being interventions and supports available to   students and families in need of additional support outside of   school; and                       (D)     methods to objectively measure positive   school climate in the school; and                 (5)     maintain on the campus's Internet website an   easily accessible web page that includes information on how to   access school-based and community-based mental and behavioral   health and well-being interventions and supports available to   students and families, including:                       (A)     counseling and other mental and behavioral   health and well-being support services, including out-of-school   time programs;                       (B)     community-based mental and behavioral health   and well-being support services; and                         (C)     district referral procedures and parental   rights related to students accessing mental and behavioral health   and well-being support services, including information on:                             (i)     parental consent guidelines and   requirements under Sections 33.003, 38.010, and 38.053;                             (ii)     parental access to medical records   under Section 38.0095;                             (iii)     coordinated health programs   available under Section 38.013;                             (iv)     the prohibition on the use of a   parent's refusal to consent to a psychiatric evaluation or   examination as grounds to take certain actions against a child and   the permissible actions under Section 38.016;                             (v)     the district's trauma-informed care   policy under Section 38.036;                             (vi)     the identification of health-related   concerns under Section 38.057;                             (vii)     educational materials provided in   accordance with a procedure developed under Section 38.351(i-1);   and                               (viii)     the consent required for services to   minors under Section 113.0152, Health and Safety Code.             (d)     To comply with a requirement under Subsection (c)(3),   (4), or (5), a school district campus may partner with the district   to provide:                 (1)  training required under Subsection (c)(3);                 (2)     a requirement for the multitiered support system   under Subsection (c)(4); or                 (3)     if the campus does not have an Internet website, a   web page that meets the requirements of Subsection (c)(5).           (e)     The agency shall adopt rules as necessary to administer   this section.          SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026   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, 2025.