Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

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1	1	88R4649 MEW-F
2	2	By: Allison H.B. No. 2032
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to a requirement that school districts and open-enrollment
8	8	charter schools provide emergency response mapping data to local
9	9	law enforcement agencies.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Section 37.108(f), Education Code, is amended to
12	12	read as follows:
13	13	(f) A school district shall include in its multihazard
14	14	emergency operations plan:
15	15	(1) a chain of command that designates the individual
16	16	responsible for making final decisions during a disaster or
17	17	emergency situation and identifies other individuals responsible
18	18	for making those decisions if the designated person is unavailable;
19	19	(2) provisions that address physical and
20	20	psychological safety for responding to a natural disaster, active
21	21	shooter, and any other dangerous scenario identified for purposes
22	22	of this section by the agency or the Texas School Safety Center;
23	23	(3) provisions for ensuring the safety of students in
24	24	portable buildings;
25	25	(4) provisions for ensuring that students and district
26	26	personnel with disabilities are provided equal access to safety
27	27	during a disaster or emergency situation;
28	28	(5) provisions for providing immediate notification
29	29	to parents, guardians, and other persons standing in parental
30	30	relation in circumstances involving a significant threat to the
31	31	health or safety of students, including identification of the
32	32	individual with responsibility for overseeing the notification;
33	33	(6) provisions for supporting the psychological
34	34	safety of students, district personnel, and the community during
35	35	the response and recovery phase following a disaster or emergency
36	36	situation that:
37	37	(A) are aligned with best practice-based
38	38	programs and research-based practices recommended under Section
39	39	38.351;
40	40	(B) include strategies for ensuring any required
41	41	professional development training for suicide prevention and
42	42	grief-informed and trauma-informed care is provided to appropriate
43	43	school personnel;
44	44	(C) include training on integrating
45	45	psychological safety and suicide prevention strategies into the
46	46	district's plan, such as psychological first aid for schools
47	47	training, from an approved list of recommended training established
48	48	by the commissioner and Texas School Safety Center for:
49	49	(i) members of the district's school safety
50	50	and security committee under Section 37.109;
51	51	(ii) district school counselors and mental
52	52	health professionals; and
53	53	(iii) educators and other district
54	54	personnel as determined by the district;
55	55	(D) include strategies and procedures for
56	56	integrating and supporting physical and psychological safety that
57	57	align with the provisions described by Subdivision (2); and
58	58	(E) implement trauma-informed policies;
59	59	(7) a policy for providing a substitute teacher access
60	60	to school campus buildings and materials necessary for the
61	61	substitute teacher to carry out the duties of a district employee
62	62	during an emergency or a mandatory emergency drill; [and]
63	63	(8) the name of each individual on the district's
64	64	school safety and security committee established under Section
65	65	37.109 and the date of each committee meeting during the preceding
66	66	year; and
67	67	(9) certification that the district is in compliance
68	68	with Section 37.116, requiring the district to provide local law
69	69	enforcement agencies and emergency first responders emergency
70	70	response mapping data for all school campuses and buildings.
71	71	SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 37, Education Code, is
72	72	amended by adding Section 37.116 to read as follows:
73	73	Sec. 37.116. EMERGENCY RESPONSE MAPPING DATA. (a) For
74	74	purposes of this section, "emergency response mapping data" means
75	75	information provided in an electronic or digital format to assist a
76	76	law enforcement agency or emergency first responder in an
77	77	emergency, including:
78	78	(1) accurate floor plans overlaid on current aerial
79	79	imagery of a school building;
80	80	(2) site-specific labeling that matches the structure
81	81	of the school building, including:
82	82	(A) room labels;
83	83	(B) hallway names;
84	84	(C) external door and stairwell numbers;
85	85	(D) locations of hazards;
86	86	(E) key utility locations; and
87	87	(F) key boxes;
88	88	(3) site-specific labeling that matches the school
89	89	grounds, including:
90	90	(A) parking areas;
91	91	(B) athletic fields;
92	92	(C) surrounding roads; and
93	93	(D) neighboring roads; and
94	94	(4) a standardized gridded overlay with X and Y
95	95	coordinates.
96	96	(b) Each school district and open-enrollment charter school
97	97	shall provide to all appropriate local law enforcement agencies and
98	98	emergency first responders emergency response mapping data for each
99	99	campus and school building.
100	100	(c) The emergency response mapping data provided under
101	101	Subsection (b):
102	102	(1) must be compatible with software platforms used by
103	103	local, state, and federal public safety agencies that provide
104	104	emergency services;
105	105	(2) must be compatible with software platforms used by
106	106	the school district or open-enrollment charter school;
107	107	(3) may not require additional software or the
108	108	integration of third-party software to view the data;
109	109	(4) must be provided in a printable format;
110	110	(5) must be verified for accuracy through an annual
111	111	walk-through of the school campus or building for which the
112	112	information was provided;
113	113	(6) must be oriented to true north; and
114	114	(7) must contain a standardized grid system to ensure
115	115	easy communication by all responders.
116	116	(d) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may
117	117	use school safety grants made available for the purpose of this
118	118	section or funds provided to the district or school through the
119	119	school safety allotment under Section 48.115 to comply with this
120	120	section.
121	121	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.