Texas 2013 83rd Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1556 Senate Committee Report / Fiscal Note

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                    LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD    Austin, Texas      FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION            April 11, 2013      TO: Honorable Dan Patrick, Chair, Senate Committee on Education      FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board     IN RE:SB1556 by Seliger (relating to the establishment of the School Safety Task Force and school safety security criteria.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted    No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.  The bill would require members from the Texas Division of Emergency Management, the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training Center, the Texas School Safety Center (TSSC), and the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service to establish the School Safety Task Force (SSTF). The SSTF would study best practices for use in school multihazard emergency operations planning in order to make recommendations to the TSSC and the Office of Homeland Security, with input from a variety of stakeholders. The SSAC would report its findings and recommendations to the legislature every even-numbered year by September 1 beginning in 2014.  The bill would require TSSC to develop security criteria that school districts may consider in the design of school safety plans.  Provisions of the bill could be implemented within existing resources. Local Government Impact No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.    Source Agencies:405 Department of Public Safety, 710 Texas A&M University System Administrative and General Offices, 758 Texas State University System   LBB Staff:  UP, JBi, SK, GO    

LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
April 11, 2013





  TO: Honorable Dan Patrick, Chair, Senate Committee on Education      FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board     IN RE:SB1556 by Seliger (relating to the establishment of the School Safety Task Force and school safety security criteria.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted  

TO: Honorable Dan Patrick, Chair, Senate Committee on Education
FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB1556 by Seliger (relating to the establishment of the School Safety Task Force and school safety security criteria.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

 Honorable Dan Patrick, Chair, Senate Committee on Education 

 Honorable Dan Patrick, Chair, Senate Committee on Education 

 Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board

 Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board

SB1556 by Seliger (relating to the establishment of the School Safety Task Force and school safety security criteria.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

SB1556 by Seliger (relating to the establishment of the School Safety Task Force and school safety security criteria.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted



No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.



The bill would require members from the Texas Division of Emergency Management, the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training Center, the Texas School Safety Center (TSSC), and the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service to establish the School Safety Task Force (SSTF). The SSTF would study best practices for use in school multihazard emergency operations planning in order to make recommendations to the TSSC and the Office of Homeland Security, with input from a variety of stakeholders. The SSAC would report its findings and recommendations to the legislature every even-numbered year by September 1 beginning in 2014.  The bill would require TSSC to develop security criteria that school districts may consider in the design of school safety plans.  Provisions of the bill could be implemented within existing resources.

The bill would require members from the Texas Division of Emergency Management, the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training Center, the Texas School Safety Center (TSSC), and the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service to establish the School Safety Task Force (SSTF). The SSTF would study best practices for use in school multihazard emergency operations planning in order to make recommendations to the TSSC and the Office of Homeland Security, with input from a variety of stakeholders. The SSAC would report its findings and recommendations to the legislature every even-numbered year by September 1 beginning in 2014. 

The bill would require TSSC to develop security criteria that school districts may consider in the design of school safety plans. 

Provisions of the bill could be implemented within existing resources.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies: 405 Department of Public Safety, 710 Texas A&M University System Administrative and General Offices, 758 Texas State University System

405 Department of Public Safety, 710 Texas A&M University System Administrative and General Offices, 758 Texas State University System

LBB Staff: UP, JBi, SK, GO

 UP, JBi, SK, GO