bill letting school threat reporters stay confidential

The text as introduced · 455 words

89R12229 MEW-F

By: Allen
H.B. No. 3051

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the policies and procedures of a public school's threat

assessment and safe and supportive school teams.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 37.115(c), Education Code, as amended by

Chapters 896 (H.B. 3) and 948 (S.B. 1720), Acts of the 88th

Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, is reenacted and amended to

read as follows:

(c) The board of trustees of each school district shall

establish a threat assessment and safe and supportive school team

to serve at each campus of the district and shall adopt policies and

procedures for the teams. The team is responsible for developing

and implementing the safe and supportive school program under

Subsection (b) at the district campus served by the team. The

policies and procedures adopted under this section must:

(1) be consistent with the model policies and

procedures developed by the Texas School Safety Center;

(2) require each team to complete training provided by

the Texas School Safety Center or a regional education service

center regarding evidence-based threat assessment programs;

(3) require each team established under this section

to report the information required under Subsection (k) regarding

the team's activities to the agency; [ and ]

(4) provide for:

(A) a district employee who reports a potential

threat to a team to elect for the employee's identity to be

confidential and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552,

Government Code, except as necessary for the team, the district, or

law enforcement to investigate the potential threat; and

(B) the district to maintain a record of the

identity of a district employee who elects for the employee's

identity to be confidential under Paragraph (A) ;

(5) [ (4) ] require each district campus to establish a

clear procedure for a student to report concerning behavior

exhibited by another student for assessment by the team or other

appropriate school employee ; and

(6) require that, as soon as practicable after an

administrator or team for a district campus receives information

regarding a threat made against that campus, including through

social media, the administrator or team immediately provide to each

educator who may be directly affected by the threat notice that

includes:

(A) a statement of the existence of the threat;

(B) the specific language used in the threat, if

applicable;

(C) the nature of the threat; and

(D) any other pertinent details to ensure student

and staff safety .

SECTION 2. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails

over another Act of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025,

relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted

codes.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.