Terms Used In Texas Education Code 38.302

  • Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005

The Collaborative Task Force on Public School Mental Health Services is established to study and evaluate:
(1) mental health services that are funded by this state and provided at a school district or open-enrollment charter school directly to:
(A) a student enrolled in the district or school;
(B) a parent or family member of or person standing in parental relation to a student enrolled in the district or school; or
(C) an employee of the district or school;
(2) training provided to an educator employed by the district or school to provide the mental health services described by Subdivision (1); and
(3) the impact the mental health services described by Subdivision (1) have on:
(A) the number of violent incidents that occur at school districts or open-enrollment charter schools;
(B) the suicide rate of the individuals who are provided the mental health services described by Subdivision (1);
(C) the number of public school students referred to the Department of Family and Protective Services for investigation services and the reasons for those referrals;
(D) the number of individuals who are transported from each school district or open-enrollment charter school for an emergency detention under Chapter 573, Health and Safety Code; and
(E) the number of public school students referred to outside counselors in accordance with § 38.010.