Bill Text: TX HB3224 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 3224 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to inclusion of instruction in the detection and education of students with mental or emotional disorders in the requirements for educator training programs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-30 - Left pending in committee [HB3224 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB3224-Introduced.html

	83R4484 MEW-F

	By: Coleman	H.B. No. 3224



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to inclusion of instruction in the detection and education
	of students with mental or emotional disorders in the requirements
	for educator training programs.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 21.044, Education Code, is amended by
	adding Subsections (c-1) and (c-2) to read as follows:
	(c-1) Any minimum academic qualifications for a certificate
	specified under Subsection (a) that require a person to possess a
	bachelor's degree must also require that the person receive, as
	part of the curriculum for that degree, instruction in detection
	and education of students with mental or emotional disorders.
	(c-2) The instruction under Subsection (c-1) must:
	(1) be developed by a panel of experts in the diagnosis
	and treatment of mental or emotional disorders who are appointed by
	the board; and
	(2) include information on:
	(A) characteristics of the most prevalent mental
	or emotional disorders among children;
	(B) identification of mental or emotional
	disorders;
	(C) effective strategies for teaching and
	intervening with students with mental or emotional disorders,
	including de-escalation techniques; and
	(D) providing, in compliance with Section
	38.010, notice and referral to a parent or guardian of a student
	with a mental or emotional disorder so that the parent or guardian
	may take appropriate action such as seeking mental health services.
	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, 2013.