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| 1 | - | By: Rosenthal, Allen, Talarico, Toth, Lopez, H.B. No. 2655 | |
| 2 | - | et al. | |
| 1 | + | 86R21542 TSS-D | |
| 2 | + | By: Rosenthal, Allen, Talarico, Toth, et al. H.B. No. 2655 | |
| 3 | + | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2655: | |
| 4 | + | By: González of El Paso C.S.H.B. No. 2655 | |
| 3 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 9 | relating to an active shooter emergency protocol for public school | |
| 8 | - | districts and required active shooter | |
| 9 | - | ||
| 10 | + | districts and required active shooter training for school district | |
| 11 | + | peace officers and school resource officers. | |
| 10 | 12 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 13 | SECTION 1. Section 37.108, Education Code, is amended by | |
| 12 | - | adding | |
| 14 | + | adding Subsections (f) and (g) to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 15 | (f) A school district shall include in its multihazard | |
| 14 | 16 | emergency operations plan a protocol for responding to an active | |
| 15 | 17 | shooter emergency in a district facility. The protocol must | |
| 16 | 18 | provide for school drills and exercises to prepare for an active | |
| 17 | 19 | shooter emergency as part of the mandatory school drills and | |
| 18 | 20 | exercises under Subsection (a)(2). | |
| 21 | + | (g) The commissioner shall adopt rules providing the number | |
| 22 | + | and content of mandatory school drills required under Subsection | |
| 23 | + | (f). In adopting rules under this subsection, the commissioner | |
| 24 | + | shall consult with a public institution of higher education that | |
| 25 | + | provides active shooter response training. | |
| 19 | 26 | SECTION 2. Section 37.0812, Education Code, is amended to | |
| 20 | 27 | read as follows: | |
| 21 | 28 | Sec. 37.0812. TRAINING POLICY: SCHOOL DISTRICT PEACE | |
| 22 | 29 | OFFICERS AND SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS. (a) A school district peace | |
| 23 | - | officer | |
| 24 | - | ||
| 25 | - | ||
| 30 | + | officer or school resource officer shall complete an active shooter | |
| 31 | + | response training program approved by the Texas Commission on Law | |
| 32 | + | Enforcement. | |
| 26 | 33 | (b) A school district with an enrollment of 30,000 or more | |
| 27 | 34 | students that commissions a school district peace officer or at | |
| 28 | 35 | which a school resource officer provides law enforcement shall | |
| 29 | 36 | adopt a policy requiring the officer to complete the education and | |
| 30 | 37 | training program required by Section 1701.263, Occupations Code. | |
| 31 | 38 | SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date | |
| 39 | + | of this Act, the commissioner of education shall adopt the rules | |
| 40 | + | required by Section 37.108(g), Education Code, as added by this | |
| 41 | + | Act. | |
| 42 | + | SECTION 4. As soon as practicable after the effective date | |
| 32 | 43 | of this Act, the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement shall approve | |
| 33 | 44 | an active shooter response training program required under Section | |
| 34 | 45 | 37.0812, Education Code, as amended by this Act. | |
| 35 | - | SECTION | |
| 36 | - | resource officer who | |
| 46 | + | SECTION 5. A school district peace officer or school | |
| 47 | + | resource officer who begins employment with or begins providing law | |
| 37 | 48 | enforcement at a school district on a date occurring before | |
| 38 | 49 | September 1, 2019, shall complete the training required by Section | |
| 39 | 50 | 37.0812, Education Code, as amended by this Act, as soon as | |
| 40 | 51 | practicable after the effective date of this Act but not later than | |
| 41 | 52 | August 31, 2020. | |
| 42 | - | SECTION | |
| 53 | + | SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |