Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1754 Compare Versions

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1	1	85R9155 KKA-D
2	2	By: Swanson H.B. No. 1754
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the placement and use of video cameras in certain
8	8	self-contained classrooms or other settings providing special
9	9	education services.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Section 29.022, Education Code, is amended by
12	12	amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection (a-1) to
13	13	read as follows:
14	14	(a) In order to promote student safety, on receipt of a
15	15	request by a parent, trustee, governing body member, or staff
16	16	member that complies with Subsection (a-1), a school district or
17	17	open-enrollment charter school shall provide equipment, including
18	18	a video camera, to the [each] school or schools in the district or
19	19	the [each] charter school campus or campuses specified in the
20	20	request and in which a student who receives special education
21	21	services in a self-contained classroom or other special education
22	22	setting is enrolled. Each school or campus that receives equipment
23	23	shall place, operate, and maintain one or more video cameras in each
24	24	self-contained classroom or other special education setting to
25	25	which the parent's child or the staff member is assigned, if the
26	26	request was made by a parent or a staff member, and in which a
27	27	majority of the students in regular attendance are:
28	28	(1) provided special education and related services;
29	29	and
30	30	(2) assigned to a self-contained classroom or other
31	31	special education setting for at least 50 percent of the
32	32	instructional day.
33	33	(a-1) For purposes of Subsection (a):
34	34	(1) a parent may request equipment only for classrooms
35	35	or special education settings described by Subsection (a) to which
36	36	the parent's child is assigned;
37	37	(2) a trustee or governing body member may request
38	38	equipment only with approval by the board of trustees or governing
39	39	body; and
40	40	(3) a staff member may request equipment only for
41	41	classrooms or special education settings described by Subsection
42	42	(a) to which the staff member is assigned and only with approval by
43	43	the board of trustees or governing body.
44	44	(b) A school or campus that places a video camera in a
45	45	classroom or other special education setting in accordance with
46	46	Subsection (a) shall operate and maintain the camera in the
47	47	classroom or setting, as long as the classroom or setting continues
48	48	to satisfy the requirements under Subsection (a), for the remainder
49	49	of the school year in which the school or campus received the
50	50	request. At the end of each school year, the school or campus must
51	51	notify the requestor that operation of the video camera will not
52	52	continue during the following school year unless the school or
53	53	campus receives a new request authorized under this section for
54	54	that school year.
55	55	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
56	56	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
57	57	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
58	58	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
59	59	Act takes effect September 1, 2017.