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| 5 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 9 | | relating to the model training curriculum and required training for |
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| 8 | 10 | | school district peace officers and school resource officers. |
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| 9 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 37.0812, Education Code, is amended to |
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| 11 | 13 | | read as follows: |
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| 12 | 14 | | Sec. 37.0812. TRAINING POLICY: SCHOOL DISTRICT PEACE |
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| 13 | 15 | | OFFICERS AND SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS. A school district [with an |
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| 14 | 16 | | enrollment of 30,000 or more students] that commissions a school |
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| 15 | 17 | | district peace officer or at which a school resource officer |
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| 16 | 18 | | provides law enforcement shall adopt a policy requiring the officer |
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| 17 | 19 | | to complete the education and training program required by Section |
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| 18 | 20 | | 1701.263, Occupations Code. |
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| 19 | 21 | | SECTION 2. Section 1701.263(b), Occupations Code, is |
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| 20 | 22 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 21 | 23 | | (b) The commission by rule shall require a school district |
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| 22 | 24 | | peace officer or a school resource officer who is commissioned by or |
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| 23 | 25 | | who provides law enforcement at a school district [with an |
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| 24 | 26 | | enrollment of 30,000 or more students] to successfully complete an |
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| 25 | 27 | | education and training program described by this section before or |
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| 26 | 28 | | within 180 [120] days of the officer's commission by or placement in |
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| 27 | 29 | | the district or a campus of the district. The program must: |
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| 28 | 30 | | (1) consist of at least 16 hours of training; |
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| 29 | 31 | | (2) be approved by the commission; and |
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| 30 | 32 | | (3) provide training in accordance with the curriculum |
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| 31 | 33 | | developed under Section 1701.262 in each subject area listed in |
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| 32 | 34 | | Subsection (c) of that section. |
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| 33 | 35 | | SECTION 3. (a) Notwithstanding Section 1701.263(b), |
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| 34 | 36 | | Occupations Code, as amended by this Act, a school district peace |
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| 35 | 37 | | officer or school resource officer who commences employment with or |
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| 36 | 38 | | commences providing law enforcement at a school district with an |
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| 37 | 39 | | enrollment of fewer than 30,000 students on a date occurring before |
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| 38 | 40 | | September 1, 2019, shall complete the training required by Section |
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| 39 | 41 | | 1701.263, Occupations Code, as amended by this Act, as soon as |
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| 40 | 42 | | practicable and not later than August 31, 2020. This subsection |
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| 41 | 43 | | does not apply to an officer who is exempt from the training |
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| 42 | 44 | | established under Section 1701.263, Occupations Code, as amended by |
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| 43 | 45 | | this Act, because the officer has completed the training described |
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| 44 | 46 | | by Subsection (b-1) of that section. |
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| 45 | 47 | | (b) Not later than October 1, 2019, a school district with |
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| 46 | 48 | | an enrollment of fewer than 30,000 students shall adopt the |
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| 47 | 49 | | training policy for school district peace officers and school |
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| 48 | 50 | | resource officers required by Section 37.0812, Education Code, as |
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| 49 | 51 | | amended by this Act. |
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| 50 | 52 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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