Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2654 Compare Versions

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1	1	86R9803 MEW-D
2	2	By: Rosenthal H.B. No. 2654
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to building standards for instructional facilities and
8	8	campus safety procedures for public schools.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 11, Education Code, is
11	11	amended by adding Section 11.007 to read as follows:
12	12	Sec. 11.007. BUILDING STANDARDS FOR INSTRUCTIONAL
13	13	FACILITIES. (a) In this section, "instructional facility" has the
14	14	meaning assigned by Section 46.001.
15	15	(b) A school district that constructs a new instructional
16	16	facility must comply with the following building and design
17	17	standards:
18	18	(1) a lock on each entrance door to the building and
19	19	classroom door that enables the door to be locked and opened without
20	20	a key from inside the building or classroom;
21	21	(2) windows on classroom doors that are narrow and
22	22	placed on the side of the door away from the door handle;
23	23	(3) for a classroom or administrative office wall, the
24	24	use of material that is not glass or transparent;
25	25	(4) for each window in a classroom or administrative
26	26	office, a window covering that may be used to block the view;
27	27	(5) a fully functional public address system that can
28	28	be clearly heard from each classroom and hallway; and
29	29	(6) an adequate number of security cameras to provide
30	30	video coverage of each building entrance and hallway.
31	31	SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 12, Education Code, is
32	32	amended by adding Section 12.138 to read as follows:
33	33	Sec. 12.138. BUILDING STANDARDS FOR INSTRUCTIONAL
34	34	FACILITIES. (a) In this section, "instructional facility" has the
35	35	meaning assigned by Section 46.001.
36	36	(b) An open-enrollment charter school that constructs a new
37	37	instructional facility must comply with the following building and
38	38	design standards:
39	39	(1) a lock on each entrance door to the building and
40	40	classroom door that enables the door to be locked and opened without
41	41	a key from inside the building or classroom;
42	42	(2) windows on classroom doors that are narrow and
43	43	placed on the side of the door away from the door handle;
44	44	(3) for a classroom or administrative office wall, the
45	45	use of material that is not glass or transparent;
46	46	(4) for each window in a classroom or administrative
47	47	office, a window covering that may be used to block the view;
48	48	(5) a fully functional public address system that can
49	49	be clearly heard from each classroom and hallway; and
50	50	(6) an adequate number of security cameras to provide
51	51	video coverage of each building entrance and hallway.
52	52	SECTION 3. Subchapter D, Chapter 37, Education Code, is
53	53	amended by adding Section 37.116 to read as follows:
54	54	Sec. 37.116. CAMPUS SAFETY PROCEDURES. Each school
55	55	district and open-enrollment charter school shall adopt and
56	56	implement campus safety procedures that provide for the safety of
57	57	students and employees, including:
58	58	(1) ensuring the live video feed from each security
59	59	camera on a district or school campus is readily available to:
60	60	(A) the school district police department, if
61	61	applicable; or
62	62	(B) the dispatch center of a local law
63	63	enforcement agency responsible for responding to an emergency at a
64	64	campus of the district or school;
65	65	(2) requiring school activities to be conducted in a
66	66	classroom or in an area with direct access to a secure room, except
67	67	for athletic activities that may be held outdoors;
68	68	(3) testing the public address system regularly; and
69	69	(4) storing and maintaining in the main office of each
70	70	district or school campus an active shooter medical kit that
71	71	includes tourniquets, bandages, and other supplies that are
72	72	typically used to treat an injury involving traumatic blood loss.
73	73	SECTION 4. Subchapter C, Chapter 45, Education Code, is
74	74	amended by adding Section 45.0572 to read as follows:
75	75	Sec. 45.0572. REQUIRED BUILDING STANDARDS. A school
76	76	district seeking the guarantee of eligible bonds to be used to fund
77	77	construction of a new instructional facility, as defined by Section
78	78	46.001, must comply with Section 11.007 in order to be eligible for
79	79	the guarantee.
80	80	SECTION 5. Section 46.0081, Education Code, is amended to
81	81	read as follows:
82	82	Sec. 46.0081. SECURITY CRITERIA IN DESIGN OF INSTRUCTIONAL
83	83	FACILITIES. (a) A school district that constructs a new
84	84	instructional facility or conducts a major renovation of an
85	85	existing instructional facility using funds allotted to the
86	86	district under this subchapter shall consider, in the design of the
87	87	instructional facility, appropriate security criteria.
88	88	(b) A school district that constructs a new instructional
89	89	facility using funds allotted to the district under this subchapter
90	90	must comply with Section 11.007.
91	91	SECTION 6. Subchapter B, Chapter 46, Education Code, is
92	92	amended by adding Section 46.0341 to read as follows:
93	93	Sec. 46.0341. REQUIRED BUILDING STANDARDS. Section
94	94	46.0081(b) applies to the payment of and application for assistance
95	95	under this subchapter.
96	96	SECTION 7. As soon as practicable after the effective date
97	97	of this Act, each school district and open-enrollment charter
98	98	school shall adopt and implement campus safety procedures as
99	99	required by Section 37.116, Education Code, as added by this Act.
100	100	SECTION 8. Sections 11.007 and 12.138, Education Code, as
101	101	added by this Act, apply only to the construction of a new
102	102	instructional facility that begins on or after September 1, 2019.
103	103	SECTION 9. Subchapter C, Chapter 45, Education Code, as
104	104	amended by this Act, and Chapter 46, Education Code, as amended by
105	105	this Act, apply only to a school district's application for
106	106	guarantee of bonds by the permanent school fund under Subchapter C,
107	107	Chapter 45, Education Code, or a school district's application for
108	108	state assistance under Chapter 46, Education Code, that is made on
109	109	or after September 1, 2019. A school district's application for
110	110	guarantee of bonds by the permanent school fund or for state
111	111	assistance under Chapter 46, Education Code, that is made before
112	112	September 1, 2019, is governed by the law in effect on the date the
113	113	application is made, and the former law is continued in effect for
114	114	that purpose.
115	115	SECTION 10. This Act takes effect immediately if it
116	116	receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each
117	117	house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.
118	118	If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate
119	119	effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2019.