89R4285 CMO-D
	By: Garcia of Bexar	H.B. No. 1332

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to school district policies on dating violence.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 11.252(a), Education Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(a)  Each school district shall have a district improvement
	plan that is developed, evaluated, and revised annually, in
	accordance with district policy, by the superintendent with the
	assistance of the district-level committee established under
	Section 11.251. The purpose of the district improvement plan is to
	guide district and campus staff in the improvement of student
	performance for all student groups in order to attain state
	standards in respect to the achievement indicators adopted under
	Section 39.053(c). The district improvement plan must include
	provisions for:
	(1)  a comprehensive needs assessment addressing
	district student performance on the achievement indicators, and
	other appropriate measures of performance, that are disaggregated
	by all student groups served by the district, including categories
	of ethnicity, socioeconomic status, sex, and populations served by
	special programs, including students in special education programs
	under Subchapter A, Chapter 29;
	(2)  measurable district performance objectives for
	all appropriate achievement indicators for all student
	populations, including students in special education programs
	under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, and other measures of student
	performance that may be identified through the comprehensive needs
	assessment;
	(3)  strategies for improvement of student performance
	that include:
	(A)  instructional methods for addressing the
	needs of student groups not achieving their full potential;
	(B)  evidence-based practices that address the
	needs of students for special programs, including:
	(i)  suicide prevention programs, in
	accordance with Subchapter G, Chapter 38, which include a parental
	or guardian notification procedure;
	(ii)  conflict resolution programs;
	(iii)  violence prevention programs; and
	(iv)  dyslexia treatment programs;
	(C)  dropout reduction;
	(D)  integration of technology in instructional
	and administrative programs;
	(E)  positive behavior interventions and support,
	including interventions and support that integrate best practices
	on grief-informed and trauma-informed care;
	(F)  staff development for professional staff of
	the district;
	(G)  career education to assist students in
	developing the knowledge, skills, and competencies necessary for a
	broad range of career opportunities;
	(H)  accelerated education; and
	(I)  implementation of a comprehensive school
	counseling program under Section 33.005;
	(4)  strategies for providing to elementary school,
	middle school, junior high school, and high school students, those
	students' teachers and school counselors, and those students'
	parents information about:
	(A)  higher education admissions and financial
	aid opportunities, including state financial aid opportunities
	such as the TEXAS grant program and the Teach for Texas grant
	program established under Chapter 56;
	(B)  the need for students to make informed
	curriculum choices to be prepared for success beyond high school;
	and
	(C)  sources of information on higher education
	admissions and financial aid;
	(5)  resources needed to implement identified
	strategies;
	(6)  staff responsible for ensuring the accomplishment
	of each strategy;
	(7)  timelines for ongoing monitoring of the
	implementation of each improvement strategy;
	(8)  formative evaluation criteria for determining
	periodically whether strategies are resulting in intended
	improvement of student performance;
	(9)  the policy under Section 38.0041 addressing sexual
	abuse and other maltreatment of children; [and]
	(10)  the trauma-informed care policy required under
	Section 38.036; and
	(11)  the policy on dating violence required under
	Section 37.0831.
	SECTION 2.  Section 37.0831(b), Education Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(b)  A dating violence policy must:
	(1)  include:
	(A)  a definition of dating violence that includes
	the intentional use of physical, sexual, verbal, or emotional abuse
	by a person to harm, threaten, intimidate, or control another
	person in a dating relationship, as defined by Section 71.0021,
	Family Code;
	(B)  a clear statement that dating violence is not
	tolerated at school; [and]
	(C)  [reporting] procedures, protocols, and
	guidelines for reporting and responding to incidents [students who
	are victims] of dating violence that are focused on victim safety,
	including:
	(i)  a procedure for [immediately] notifying
	the parent or guardian of a student about a report received by the
	district identifying the student as an alleged victim or
	perpetrator of dating violence as soon as reasonably possible,
	subject to Subparagraph (ii); and
	(ii)  a requirement that a school district
	notify the parent or guardian of a student identified as an alleged
	victim  of dating violence before the district notifies the parent
	or guardian of a student identified as an alleged perpetrator of
	dating violence; and
	(D)  interim measures to protect and support
	victims of dating violence during the pendency of the school's
	disciplinary process, including protection from retaliation, and
	any other accommodations available to those victims at the school;
	and
	(2)  address safety planning, enforcement of
	protective orders, school-based alternatives to protective orders,
	training for teachers and administrators at each district campus
	that instructs students in grade six or higher, counseling for
	affected students, and awareness education for students and
	parents.
	SECTION 3.  Each school district shall implement a policy on
	dating violence, as required by Section 37.0831, Education Code, as
	amended by this Act, not later than the beginning of the 2025-2026
	school year.
	SECTION 4.  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, 2025.