85R12544 MK-D     By: Dukes H.B. No. 2243       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the establishment of a workgroup to examine the   implementation of dating violence awareness and education programs   in public schools.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 37.0831, Education Code, is amended by   adding Subsections (f), (g), (h), and (i) to read as follows:          (f)  The commissioner shall establish a workgroup to make   recommendations related to ensuring and improving implementation   of the dating violence policy required under Subsection (a) in   public schools.  The workgroup must be composed of:                (1)  one member from the agency;                (2)  one member from the Texas State Teachers   Association;                (3)  one member from the Texas American Federation of   Teachers;                (4)  one member from the Association of Texas   Professional Educators;                (5)  one member from the Texas Association of School   Boards;                (6)  one member from the Texas Association of School   Administrators;                (7)  one member from the Texas School Counselor   Association;                (8)  one member from the Texas Association of Secondary   School Principals;                (9)  one member from the Texas School Nurses   Organization;                (10)  one member from the Texas School Safety Center;                (11)  one member from the Texas High School Coaches   Association;                (12)  three campus safety officers;                (13)  four members from family violence centers, as   defined by Section 51.002, Human Resources Code, from different   geographic regions in this state, including both rural and urban   areas;                (14)  one member from a statewide family violence   advocacy organization;                (15)  one member from a statewide sexual assault   advocacy organization;                (16)  one member from a statewide advocacy organization   that serves teenage victims of dating violence;                (17)  one member from the statewide intake division or   the investigation division of the Department of Family and   Protective Services;                (18)  one member from the Parenting and Paternity   Awareness program in the office of the attorney general;                (19)  one member from the family violence program in   the Health and Human Services Commission;                (20)  two members from the Texas Juvenile Justice   Department, including one member who has experience with juvenile   probation; and                (21)  one member who is affiliated with a university in   the state and has expertise in research on dating violence.          (g)  The workgroup shall:                (1)  recommend specific methods of implementing   training for educators and school administrators under the policy   required by Subsection (a);                (2)  recommend specific methods of implementing   awareness education for parents and students under the policy   required by Subsection (a);                (3)  recommend improvements to the policy required by   Subsection (a);                (4)  propose amendments to Section 11.252 that would   incorporate into district-level planning and decision-making the   policy required by Subsection (a);                (5)  examine the intersection between juvenile justice   and youth dating violence;                (6)  develop strategies for enhancing the safety and   security of school campuses in the context of dating violence; and                (7)  develop specific approaches for the   implementation of dating violence training and awareness education   in middle schools.          (h)  The workgroup established under Subsection (f) shall   report its recommendations to the legislature not later than   September 1, 2018.          (i)  This subsection and Subsections (f), (g), and (h) expire   September 1, 2018.          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, 2017.