bill making schools record that parents were notified

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89R2894 CMO-F

By: Menéndez
S.B. No. 2851

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to requiring public schools to provide to certain parents

notice regarding certain incidents and risks related to the

parent's child and suicide prevention materials.

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

SECTION 1. Section 37.0832, Education Code, is amended by

adding Subsections (c-2) and (c-3) to read as follows:

(c-2) The procedure for providing notice to a parent or

guardian of an alleged victim of an incident of bullying under

Subsection (c)(4) must include requirements to:

(1) maintain a record that verifies the parent or

guardian was notified of the incident; and

(2) provide the parent or guardian with:

(A) suicide prevention materials; and

(B) information on ways to limit the student's

access to means of committing suicide, including a firearm or

medication.

(c-3) The agency, in coordination with the Health and Human

Services Commission, shall select the materials and information

described by Subsection (c-2)(2).

SECTION 2. Section 38.351, Education Code, is amended by

adding Subsections (e-1) and (e-2) to read as follows:

(e-1) The board of trustees of a school district or the

governing body of an open-enrollment charter school shall adopt a

policy that establishes a procedure for providing notice in

addition to any notice provided in accordance with Subsection

(e)(3) to a parent or guardian of a student who is identified as at

risk of suicide. The procedure must include requirements to:

(1) maintain a record that verifies the parent or

guardian was notified regarding the risk; and

(2) provide the parent or guardian with:

(A) suicide prevention materials; and

(B) information on ways to limit the student's

access to means of committing suicide, including a firearm or

medication.

(e-2) The agency, in coordination with the Health and Human

Services Commission, shall select the materials and information

described by Subsection (e-1)(2).

SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with 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.