86R4833 TSS-D
By: Swanson H.B. No. 1106
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the number of school marshals that may be appointed to
serve on a public school campus or at a private school.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 37.0811(a), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) The board of trustees of a school district or the
governing body of an open-enrollment charter school may appoint one
or more school marshals for each campus [not more than the greater
of:
[(1) one school marshal per 200 students in average
daily attendance per campus; or
[(2) for each campus, one school marshal per building of
the campus at which students regularly receive classroom
instruction].
SECTION 2. Section 37.0813(a), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) The governing body of a private school may appoint one
or more school marshals [not more than the greater of:
[(1) one school marshal per 200 students enrolled in
the school; or
[(2) one school marshal per building of the school at
which students regularly receive classroom instruction].
SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020
school year.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2019.