By: Rosenthal, Allen, Talarico, Toth, Lopez, H.B. No. 2655
et al.
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an active shooter emergency protocol for public school
districts and required active shooter response training for school
district peace officers and school resource officers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 37.108, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
(f) A school district shall include in its multihazard
emergency operations plan a protocol for responding to an active
shooter emergency in a district facility. The protocol must
provide for school drills and exercises to prepare for an active
shooter emergency as part of the mandatory school drills and
exercises under Subsection (a)(2).
SECTION 2. 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) A school district peace
officer and school resource officer shall complete an active
shooter response training program approved by the Texas Commission
on Law Enforcement.
(b) A school district with an enrollment of 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 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement shall approve
an active shooter response training program required under Section
37.0812, Education Code, as amended by this Act.
SECTION 4. A school district peace officer and school
resource officer who begin employment with or begin providing law
enforcement at a school district on a date occurring before
September 1, 2019, shall complete the training required by Section
37.0812, Education Code, as amended by this Act, as soon as
practicable after the effective date of this Act but not later than
August 31, 2020.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.