Texas Education Code 37.115 – Threat Assessment and Safe and Supportive School Program and Team
(a) In this section:
(1) “Harmful, threatening, or violent behavior” includes behaviors, such as verbal threats, threats of self harm, bullying, cyberbullying, fighting, the use or possession of a weapon, sexual assault, sexual harassment, dating violence, stalking, or assault, by a student that could result in:
(A) specific interventions, including mental health or behavioral supports;
(B) in-school suspension;
(C) out-of-school suspension; or
(D) the student’s expulsion or removal to a disciplinary alternative education program or a juvenile justice alternative education program.
(2) “Team” means a threat assessment and safe and supportive school team established by the board of trustees of a school district under this section.
(b) The agency, in coordination with the Texas School Safety Center, shall adopt rules to establish a safe and supportive school program. The rules shall incorporate research-based best practices for school safety, including providing for:
(1) physical and psychological safety;
(2) a multiphase and multihazard approach to prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery in a crisis situation;
(3) a systemic and coordinated multitiered support system that addresses school climate, the social and emotional domain, and behavioral and mental health; and
(4) multidisciplinary and multiagency collaboration to assess risks and threats in schools and provide appropriate interventions, including rules for the establishment and operation of teams.
Terms Used In Texas Education Code 37.115
- Justice: when applied to a magistrate, means justice of the peace. See Texas Government Code 312.011