By: Estes, et al. S.B. No. 1857
(Geren)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the certification of certain qualified handgun
instructors to conduct school safety training.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 411.1901 to read as follows:
Sec. 411.1901. SCHOOL SAFETY CERTIFICATION FOR QUALIFIED
HANDGUN INSTRUCTORS. (a) The department shall establish a process
to enable qualified handgun instructors certified under Section
411.190 to obtain an additional certification in school safety.
The process must include a school safety certification course that
provides training in the following:
(1) the protection of students;
(2) interaction of license holders with first
responders;
(3) tactics for denying an intruder entry into a
classroom or school facility; and
(4) methods for increasing a license holder's accuracy
with a handgun while under duress.
(b) The school safety certification course under Subsection
(a) must include not less than 15 hours and not more than 20 hours of
instruction.
(c) A qualified handgun instructor certified in school
safety under this section may provide school safety training,
including instruction in the subjects listed under Subsection (a),
to employees of a school district or an open-enrollment charter
school who hold a license to carry a concealed handgun issued under
this subchapter.
(d) The department shall establish a fee in an amount that
is sufficient to cover the costs of the school safety certification
under this section.
(e) The department may adopt rules to administer this
section.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.