Bill Text: TX HB1142 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of a workgroup to examine the implementation of dating violence awareness and education programs in public schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-04 - Referred to Public Education [HB1142 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1142-Introduced.html
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| By: Dukes | H.B. No. 1142 | |
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| relating to the establishment of a workgroup to examine the | ||
| implementation of dating violence awareness and education programs | ||
| in public schools. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 37.0831, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsections (c), (d), and (e) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) The commissioner shall establish a workgroup to make | ||
| recommendations related to ensuring and improving implementation | ||
| of the dating violence policy required under Subsection (a) in | ||
| middle schools, including recommendations for specific methods of | ||
| implementing training under the policy for students, parents, | ||
| educators, and school administrators. The workgroup must be | ||
| composed of: | ||
| (1) one member from the agency; | ||
| (2) one member from the Texas State Teachers | ||
| Association; | ||
| (3) one member from the Texas American Federation of | ||
| Teachers; | ||
| (4) one member from the Association of Texas | ||
| Professional Educators; | ||
| (5) one member from the Texas Association of School | ||
| Boards; | ||
| (6) one member from the Texas Association of School | ||
| Administrators; | ||
| (7) one member from the Texas School Counselor | ||
| Association; | ||
| (8) one member from the Texas Association of Secondary | ||
| School Principals; | ||
| (9) one member from the Texas School Nurses | ||
| Organization; | ||
| (10) one member from the Texas School Safety Center; | ||
| (11) one member from the Texas High School Coaches | ||
| Association; | ||
| (12) three campus safety officers; | ||
| (13) four members from family violence centers, as | ||
| defined by Section 51.002, Human Resources Code, from different | ||
| geographic regions in this state, including both rural and urban | ||
| areas; | ||
| (14) one member from a statewide family violence | ||
| advocacy organization; | ||
| (15) one member from a statewide sexual assault | ||
| advocacy organization; | ||
| (16) one member from a statewide advocacy organization | ||
| that serves teenage victims of dating violence; | ||
| (17) one member from the intake division or the | ||
| investigation division of the Department of Family and Protective | ||
| Services; | ||
| (18) one member from the Parenting and Paternity | ||
| Awareness program in the office of the attorney general; | ||
| (19) one member from the family violence program in | ||
| the Health and Human Services Commission; and | ||
| (20) two members from the Texas Juvenile Justice | ||
| Department, including one member who has experience with juvenile | ||
| probation. | ||
| (d) The workgroup established under Subsection (c) shall | ||
| report its recommendations to the legislature not later than | ||
| September 1, 2016. | ||
| (e) This subsection and Subsections (c) and (d) expire | ||
| September 1, 2016. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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, 2015. | ||
