88R4649 MEW-F
By: Allison H.B. No. 2032
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a requirement that school districts and open-enrollment
charter schools provide emergency response mapping data to local
law enforcement agencies.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 37.108(f), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(f) A school district shall include in its multihazard
emergency operations plan:
(1) a chain of command that designates the individual
responsible for making final decisions during a disaster or
emergency situation and identifies other individuals responsible
for making those decisions if the designated person is unavailable;
(2) provisions that address physical and
psychological safety for responding to a natural disaster, active
shooter, and any other dangerous scenario identified for purposes
of this section by the agency or the Texas School Safety Center;
(3) provisions for ensuring the safety of students in
portable buildings;
(4) provisions for ensuring that students and district
personnel with disabilities are provided equal access to safety
during a disaster or emergency situation;
(5) provisions for providing immediate notification
to parents, guardians, and other persons standing in parental
relation in circumstances involving a significant threat to the
health or safety of students, including identification of the
individual with responsibility for overseeing the notification;
(6) provisions for supporting the psychological
safety of students, district personnel, and the community during
the response and recovery phase following a disaster or emergency
situation that:
(A) are aligned with best practice-based
programs and research-based practices recommended under Section
38.351;
(B) include strategies for ensuring any required
professional development training for suicide prevention and
grief-informed and trauma-informed care is provided to appropriate
school personnel;
(C) include training on integrating
psychological safety and suicide prevention strategies into the
district's plan, such as psychological first aid for schools
training, from an approved list of recommended training established
by the commissioner and Texas School Safety Center for:
(i) members of the district's school safety
and security committee under Section 37.109;
(ii) district school counselors and mental
health professionals; and
(iii) educators and other district
personnel as determined by the district;
(D) include strategies and procedures for
integrating and supporting physical and psychological safety that
align with the provisions described by Subdivision (2); and
(E) implement trauma-informed policies;
(7) a policy for providing a substitute teacher access
to school campus buildings and materials necessary for the
substitute teacher to carry out the duties of a district employee
during an emergency or a mandatory emergency drill; [and]
(8) the name of each individual on the district's
school safety and security committee established under Section
37.109 and the date of each committee meeting during the preceding
year; and
(9) certification that the district is in compliance
with Section 37.116, requiring the district to provide local law
enforcement agencies and emergency first responders emergency
response mapping data for all school campuses and buildings.
SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 37, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 37.116 to read as follows:
Sec. 37.116. EMERGENCY RESPONSE MAPPING DATA. (a) For
purposes of this section, "emergency response mapping data" means
information provided in an electronic or digital format to assist a
law enforcement agency or emergency first responder in an
emergency, including:
(1) accurate floor plans overlaid on current aerial
imagery of a school building;
(2) site-specific labeling that matches the structure
of the school building, including:
(A) room labels;
(B) hallway names;
(C) external door and stairwell numbers;
(D) locations of hazards;
(E) key utility locations; and
(F) key boxes;
(3) site-specific labeling that matches the school
grounds, including:
(A) parking areas;
(B) athletic fields;
(C) surrounding roads; and
(D) neighboring roads; and
(4) a standardized gridded overlay with X and Y
coordinates.
(b) Each school district and open-enrollment charter school
shall provide to all appropriate local law enforcement agencies and
emergency first responders emergency response mapping data for each
campus and school building.
(c) The emergency response mapping data provided under
Subsection (b):
(1) must be compatible with software platforms used by
local, state, and federal public safety agencies that provide
emergency services;
(2) must be compatible with software platforms used by
the school district or open-enrollment charter school;
(3) may not require additional software or the
integration of third-party software to view the data;
(4) must be provided in a printable format;
(5) must be verified for accuracy through an annual
walk-through of the school campus or building for which the
information was provided;
(6) must be oriented to true north; and
(7) must contain a standardized grid system to ensure
easy communication by all responders.
(d) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may
use school safety grants made available for the purpose of this
section or funds provided to the district or school through the
school safety allotment under Section 48.115 to comply with this
section.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.