Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

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1		-	H.B. No. 3597
	1	+	By: Metcalf (Senate Sponsor - Paxton) H.B. No. 3597
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2021;
	3	+	May 10, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on
	4	+	Education; May 24, 2021, reported adversely, with favorable
	5	+	Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0;
	6	+	May 24, 2021, sent to printer.)
	7	+	Click here to see the committee vote
	8	+	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 3597 By: Paxton
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	11	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	12		AN ACT
5	13		relating to policies, procedures, and measures for school safety in
6	14		public schools.
7	15		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	16		SECTION 1. Sections 37.108(c-2) and (d), Education Code,
9	17		are amended to read as follows:
10	18		(c-2) A document relating to a school district's or public
11	19		junior college district's multihazard emergency operations plan is
12	20		subject to disclosure if the document enables a person to:
13	21		(1) verify that the district has established a plan
14	22		and determine the agencies involved in the development of the plan
15	23		and the agencies coordinating with the district to respond to an
16	24		emergency, including the Department of State Health Services, local
17	25		emergency services agencies, law enforcement agencies, health
18	26		departments, and fire departments;
19	27		(2) verify that the district's plan was reviewed
20	28		within the last 12 months and determine the specific review dates;
21	29		(3) verify that the plan addresses the five [four]
22	30		phases of emergency management under Subsection (a);
23	31		(4) verify that district employees have been trained
24	32		to respond to an emergency and determine the types of training, the
25	33		number of employees trained, and the person conducting the
26	34		training;
27	35		(5) verify that each campus in the district has
28	36		conducted mandatory emergency drills and exercises in accordance
29	37		with the plan and determine the frequency of the drills;
30	38		(6) if the district is a school district, verify that
31	39		the district has established a plan for responding to a train
32	40		derailment if required under Subsection (d);
33	41		(7) verify that the district has completed a safety
34	42		and security audit under Subsection (b) and determine the date the
35	43		audit was conducted, the person conducting the audit, and the date
36	44		the district presented the results of the audit to the district's
37	45		board of trustees;
38	46		(8) verify that the district has addressed any
39	47		recommendations by the district's board of trustees for improvement
40	48		of the plan and determine the district's progress within the last 12
41	49		months; and
42	50		(9) if the district is a school district, verify that
43	51		the district has established a visitor policy and identify the
44	52		provisions governing access to a district building or other
45	53		district property.
46	54		(d) A school district shall include in its multihazard
47	55		emergency operations plan a policy for responding to a train
48	56		derailment near a district school. A school district is only
49	57		required to adopt the policy described by this subsection if a
50	58		[district] school district facility is located within 1,000 yards
51	59		of a railroad track, as measured from any point on the school's real
52	60		property boundary line. The school district may use any available
53	61		community resources in developing the policy described by this
54	62		subsection.
55	63		SECTION 2. Section 37.114, Education Code, is amended to
56	64		read as follows:
57	65		Sec. 37.114. EMERGENCY EVACUATIONS; MANDATORY SCHOOL
58	66		DRILLS. The commissioner, in consultation with the Texas School
59	67		Safety Center and the state fire marshal, shall adopt rules:
60	68		(1) providing procedures for evacuating and securing
61	69		school property during an emergency; and
62	70		(2) designating the number and type of mandatory
63	71		school drills to be conducted each semester of the school year, not
64	72		to exceed a total of eight drills[, including designating the
65	73		number of:
66	74		[(A) evacuation fire exit drills; and
67	75		[(B) lockdown, lockout, shelter-in-place, and
68	76		evacuation drills].
69	77		SECTION 3. Section 37.115(d), Education Code, is amended to
70	78		read as follows:
71	79		(d) The superintendent of the district shall ensure, to the
72	80		greatest extent practicable, that the members appointed to each
73	81		team have expertise in counseling, behavior management, mental
74	82		health and substance use, classroom instruction, special
75	83		education, school administration, school safety and security,
76	84		emergency management, and law enforcement. A team may serve more
77	85		than one campus of a school district, provided that each district
78	86		campus is assigned a team.
79	87		SECTION 4. Section 37.207(e), Education Code, is amended to
80	88		read as follows:
81	89		(e) If three [six] months after the date of the initial
82	90		notification required by Subsection (d) the district has still not
83	91		reported the results of its audit to the center, the center shall
84	92		notify the agency and the district of the district's requirement to
85	93		conduct a public hearing under Section 37.1081. This subsection
86	94		applies only to a school district.
87	95		SECTION 5. Section 37.2121, Education Code, is amended by
88	96		amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (d-1) to read as
89	97		follows:
90	98		(d) Each school district that enters into a memorandum of
91	99		understanding or mutual aid agreement addressing issues that affect
92	100		school safety and security shall, at the center's request, provide
93	101		a copy of the memorandum or agreement [following information] to
94	102		the center[:
95	103		[(1) the name of each entity with which the school
96	104		district has entered into a memorandum of understanding or mutual
97	105		aid agreement;
98	106		[(2) the effective date of each memorandum or
99	107		agreement; and
100	108		[(3) a summary of each memorandum or agreement].
101	109		(d-1) A copy of a memorandum of understanding or mutual aid
102	110		agreement provided to the center under Subsection (d) is
103	111		confidential and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552,
104	112		Government Code.
105	113		SECTION 6. Subchapter F, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
106	114		amended by adding Section 411.14055 to read as follows:
107	115		Sec. 411.14055. ACCESS TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD
108	116		INFORMATION: TEXAS SCHOOL SAFETY CENTER. The Texas School Safety
109	117		Center at Texas State University is entitled to obtain from the
110	118		department criminal history record information maintained by the
111	119		department that relates to a person who is registering with the
112	120		Texas School Safety Center to provide school safety or security
113	121		consulting services under Section 37.2091, Education Code.
114	122		SECTION 7. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
115	123		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
116	124		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
117	125		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
118	126		Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
119		-	______________________________ ______________________________
120		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
121		-	I certify that H.B. No. 3597 was passed by the House on May 8,
122		-	2021, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 5, 2 present, not
123		-	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
124		-	No. 3597 on May 28, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 9,
125		-	1 present, not voting.
126		-	______________________________
127		-	Chief Clerk of the House
128		-	I certify that H.B. No. 3597 was passed by the Senate, with
129		-	amendments, on May 25, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
130		-	0.
131		-	______________________________
132		-	Secretary of the Senate
133		-	APPROVED: __________________
134		-	Date
135		-	__________________
136		-	Governor
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