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AN ACT
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relating to parental rights regarding a threat assessment of a |
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student conducted by a public school's threat assessment and safe |
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and supportive school team. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 37.115, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (f-1) and (f-2) to read as follows: |
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(f-1) Before a team may conduct a threat assessment of a |
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student, the team must notify the parent of or person standing in |
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parental relation to the student regarding the assessment. In |
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conducting the assessment, the team shall provide an opportunity |
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for the parent or person to: |
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(1) participate in the assessment, either in person or |
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remotely; and |
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(2) submit to the team information regarding the |
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student. |
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(f-2) After completing a threat assessment of a student, the |
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team shall provide to the parent of or person standing in parental |
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relation to the student the team's findings and conclusions |
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regarding the student. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 473 was passed by the House on April |
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18, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to |
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H.B. No. 473 on May 19, 2023, and requested the appointment of a |
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conference committee to consider the differences between the two |
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houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report |
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on H.B. No. 473 on May 25, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 141, |
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Nays 0, 2 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 473 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 17, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference |
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committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and |
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that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No. |
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473 on May 26, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |