Demonstrators participate in a mental health rally at the Texas Capitol, organized by the National Alliance on Mental Illness, on Feb. 28, 2013.
Demonstrators participate in a mental health rally at the Texas Capitol, organized by the National Alliance on Mental Illness, on Feb. 28, 2013. Marjorie Kamys Cotera for The Texas Tribune
Legislature to Mull Mental Health Training for Teachers

State Sen.ย 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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