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TX HB4267
Bill
Status
3/10/2025
Primary Sponsor
Donna Howard
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AI Summary
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Law enforcement agencies may submit "handle with care" notices to public schools when a student has witnessed or experienced a traumatic event, including arrests of household members, search warrant executions, overdoses, suicide attempts, family violence, assault, mass shootings, severe accidents, forced displacement, or house fires
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Notices must include the student's name, age, grade level, and school, and must be submitted electronically with automatic copies sent to the regional education service center serving that school
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School superintendents or designated employees must immediately distribute the notice to all instructional and support personnel responsible for supervising the affected student, with all information kept confidential
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The Texas Education Agency must establish a one-hour training course for school employees on responding to handle with care notices, with completion counting toward educator continuing education requirements
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The Texas Commission on Law Enforcement must establish a one-time training program for peace officers and law enforcement employees on implementing handle with care notice procedures, effective September 1, 2025
Legislative Description
Relating to the submission by law enforcement agencies to certain public school personnel of a handle with care notice concerning a traumatic event experienced by a public school student and to certain required training regarding those notices.
Education
Last Action
Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
4/1/2025