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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an allotment for public school students who require |
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significant resources under the Foundation School Program and the |
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composition of a school district's threat assessment and safe and |
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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(d), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(d) The superintendent of the district shall ensure, to the |
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greatest extent practicable, that the members appointed to each |
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team have expertise in counseling, behavior management, mental |
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health and substance use, classroom instruction, special |
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education, school administration, school safety and security, |
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emergency management, and law enforcement. Each team must include |
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at least one mental health professional or behavior specialist. A |
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team may serve more than one campus of a school district, provided |
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that each district campus is assigned a team. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter G, Chapter 48, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 48.317 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 48.317. ALLOTMENT FOR STUDENTS REQUIRING SIGNIFICANT |
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RESOURCES. (a) A school district is entitled to an allotment for a |
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student enrolled in the district who requires significant resources |
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if the district provides to the commissioner evidence of the |
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district's attempts to serve the student through an increasingly |
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intense intervention strategy approved by the agency, including: |
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(1) documented attempts to develop a behavior |
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improvement plan or behavioral intervention plan for the student; |
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and |
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(2) documented efforts at parental engagement. |
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(b) The amount of an allotment for each student described by |
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Subsection (a) is an amount equal to 75 percent of the total costs |
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associated with serving that student. |
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(c) Not later than June 1 of each year, the commissioner |
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shall post on the agency's Internet website de-identified |
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information regarding allotments received by school districts |
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under this section during the preceding school year, including: |
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(1) the number of students for whom districts received |
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allotments; |
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(2) the types of interventions attempted by districts |
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to serve students for whom allotments were received; and |
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(3) the education service center regions in which |
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students for whom districts received allotments reside. |
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SECTION 3. Section 37.115(d), Education Code, as amended by |
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this Act, applies beginning with the 2025-2026 school year. |
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SECTION 4. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this |
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section, this Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of |
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two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by |
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Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not |
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receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes |
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effect September 1, 2025. |
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(b) Section 48.317, Education Code, as added by this Act, |
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takes effect September 1, 2025. |