86R22326 GCB-F
By: Allen, Wu, Reynolds H.B. No. 876
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the model training curriculum and required training for
school district peace officers and school resource officers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 37.0812, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 37.0812. TRAINING POLICY: SCHOOL DISTRICT PEACE
OFFICERS AND SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS. 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 2. Section 1701.263(b), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) The commission by rule shall require a school district
peace officer or a school resource officer who is commissioned by or
who provides law enforcement at a school district [with an
enrollment of 30,000 or more students] to successfully complete an
education and training program described by this section before or
within 180 [120] days of the officer's commission by or placement in
the district or a campus of the district. The program must:
(1) consist of at least 16 hours of training;
(2) be approved by the commission; and
(3) provide training in accordance with the curriculum
developed under Section 1701.262 in each subject area listed in
Subsection (c) of that section.
SECTION 3. (a) Notwithstanding Section 1701.263(b),
Occupations Code, as amended by this Act, a school district peace
officer or school resource officer who commences employment with or
commences providing law enforcement at a school district with an
enrollment of fewer than 30,000 students on a date occurring before
September 1, 2019, shall complete the training required by Section
1701.263, Occupations Code, as amended by this Act, as soon as
practicable and not later than August 31, 2020. This subsection
does not apply to an officer who is exempt from the training
established under Section 1701.263, Occupations Code, as amended by
this Act, because the officer has completed the training described
by Subsection (b-1) of that section.
(b) Not later than October 1, 2019, a school district with
an enrollment of fewer than 30,000 students shall adopt the
training policy for school district peace officers and school
resource officers required by Section 37.0812, Education Code, as
amended by this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.