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Legislature to Mull Mental Health Training for Teachers

State Sen. Bob Deuell, R-Greenville, has filed legislation that would encourage Texas educators to learn how to help the state's estimated 1 million public school students struggling with mental illnesses.

by Veronica Zaragovia, KUT News

Demonstrators participate in a mental health rally at the Texas Capitol, organized by the National Alliance on Mental Illness, on Feb. 28, 2013.
Credit: Marjorie Kamys Cotera

State Sen. Bob Deuell, R-Greenville, has filed legislation that would encourage Texas educators to learn how to help the state's estimated 1 million public school students struggling with mental illnesses.

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Veronica Zaragovia

KUT NEWS

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