Bill Amendment: TX HB13 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature

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Bill Title: Relating to training, preparedness, and funding for school safety and emergencies in public schools.

Status: 2023-05-02 - Referred to Education [HB13 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB13-House_Amendment_H_2_10-Zwiener.html

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Amend CSHB 13 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is amended by adding Sections 38.046 and 38.047 to read as follows:

Sec. 38.046.  FENTANYL CONTAMINATION TRAINING PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL PERSONNEL. (a) The agency, in cooperation with The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, shall develop:

(1)  an evidence-based training program on the dangers of fentanyl contamination for school district and open-enrollment charter school employees; and

(2)  a professional development training program on providing the training developed under Subdivision (1).

(b)  The agency shall distribute training materials for the training program developed under this section to each regional education service center.

Sec. 38.047.  FENTANYL CONTAMINATION GRANT PROGRAM. (a) The agency shall establish a grant program to provide funding to school districts and open-enrollment charter schools for community and school outreach programs on the dangers of fentanyl contamination.

(b)  The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to administer the grant program established under this section.