(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.