HB3051 - Relating to the policies and procedures of a public school's threat assessment and safe and supportive school teams.

  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.