85R9958 GCB-F
By: Giddings H.B. No. 1972
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the model training curriculum and required training for
certain school district peace officers and school resource
officers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 37.0812, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 37.0812. TRAINING POLICY: SCHOOL DISTRICT PEACE
OFFICERS AND SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS. A school district with an
enrollment of 5,000 [30,000] or more students that commissions a
school district peace officer or at which a school resource officer
provides law enforcement shall adopt a policy requiring the officer
to complete the education and training program required by Section
1701.263, Occupations Code.
SECTION 2. Section 1701.263(b), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) The commission by rule shall require a school district
peace officer or a school resource officer who is commissioned by or
who provides law enforcement at a school district with an
enrollment of 5,000 [30,000] or more students to successfully
complete an education and training program described by this
section not later than 180 [before or within 120] days after [of]
the officer's commission by or placement in the district or a campus
of the district. The program must:
(1) consist of at least 16 hours of training;
(2) be approved by the commission; and
(3) provide training in accordance with the curriculum
developed under Section 1701.262 in each subject area listed in
Subsection (c) of that section.
SECTION 3. (a) Notwithstanding Section 1701.263(b),
Occupations Code, as amended by this Act, a school district peace
officer or school resource officer who commences employment with or
commences providing law enforcement at a school district with an
enrollment of 5,000 or more students but less than 30,000 students
on a date occurring before September 1, 2017, shall complete the
training required by Section 1701.263, Occupations Code, as amended
by this Act, as soon as practicable and not later than August 31,
2018. This subsection does not apply to an officer who is exempt
from the training established under Section 1701.263, Occupations
Code, as amended by this Act, because the officer has completed the
training described by Subsection (b-1) of that section.
(b) Not later than October 1, 2017, a school district with
an enrollment of 5,000 or more students but less than 30,000
students shall adopt the training policy for school district peace
officers and school resource officers required by Section 37.0812,
Education Code, as amended by this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.