Bill Text: TX HB1704 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a parent's right to be notified by a school district concerning acts of self-harm by the parent's child.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-12-20 - Filed [HB1704 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB1704-Introduced.html
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| By: Schatzline | H.B. No. 1704 | |
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| relating to a parent's right to be notified by a school district | ||
| concerning acts of self-harm by the parent's child. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 26, Education Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Section 26.0083 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 26.0083. PARENTAL NOTIFICATION CONCERNING ACTS OF | ||
| SELF-HARM BY PARENT'S CHILD. (a) In this section, "self-harm" | ||
| includes: | ||
| (1) attempted suicide; | ||
| (2) the expression of suicidal ideation; | ||
| (3) the intentional ingestion of toxins; | ||
| (4) hitting, cutting, or burning oneself, or engaging | ||
| in other acts of self-mutilation; | ||
| (5) engaging in high-risk sexual behavior; | ||
| (6) altering one's biological sex; | ||
| (7) abusing drugs or alcohol; and | ||
| (8) engaging in any other behavior that causes | ||
| self-injury. | ||
| (b) A school district shall immediately notify a parent if | ||
| the parent's child engages in or expresses a desire to engage in an | ||
| act of self-harm, or otherwise indicates by words or behavior a | ||
| likelihood of engaging in an act of self-harm, including words or | ||
| behavior expressing gender dysphoria or other distress relating to | ||
| the child's biological sex. | ||
| (c) An employee of a school district who witnesses a child | ||
| engage in an act, expression, or behavior described by Subsection | ||
| (b) shall immediately inform an appropriate district | ||
| administrator. | ||
| (d) A school district employee who fails to comply with | ||
| Subsection (c) may be subject to, as applicable: | ||
| (1) discharge or suspension without pay under Section | ||
| 21.104 or 21.156; or | ||
| (2) termination or suspension under Section 21.211. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026 | ||
| school year. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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. | ||
