82R3307 PAM-D
By: Davis S.B. No. 536
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of certain disciplinary management practices or
behavior management techniques by peace officers employed or
commissioned by school districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 37.0021, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (g) and adding Subsection (h) to read as
follows:
(g) This section and any rules or procedures adopted under
this section do not apply to:
(1) [a peace officer while performing law enforcement
duties;
[(2)] juvenile probation, detention, or corrections
personnel; or
(2) [(3)] an educational services provider with whom a
student is placed by a judicial authority, unless the services are
provided in an educational program of a school district.
(h) This section and any rules or procedures adopted under
this section apply to a peace officer only if the peace officer:
(1) is employed or commissioned by a school district;
or
(2) provides, as a school resource officer, a regular
police presence on a school district campus under a memorandum of
understanding between the district and a local law enforcement
agency.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.