Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

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1	1	By: Lozano H.B. No. 2069
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4	4	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
5	5	AN ACT
6	6	relating to minimum standards for entry safety point protocols and
7	7	infrastructure for school districts and charter schools.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 37, Education Code, is
10	10	amended by adding Section 37.2072 to read as follows:
11	11	Sec. 37.2072. MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR SCHOOL ENTRY POINT
12	12	PROTOCOLS AND INFRASTRUCTURE. (a) The center shall develop
13	13	minimum standards for reducing and securing school entry points in
14	14	order to ensure that the security standards for instructional
15	15	facilities and other school district and charter school facilities
16	16	provide for a safe environment.
17	17	(b) The minimum standards for reducing entry points
18	18	developed pursuant to Subsection (a) shall include:
19	19	(1) determining the minimum number of open entry
20	20	points required to allow for efficient ingress of students and
21	21	faculty for the start of a school day and limiting the number of
22	22	open entry points to that minimum;
23	23	(2) further reducing the total number of open entry
24	24	points to the greatest extent possible once the initial entry of
25	25	students and faculty for the start of a school day has been
26	26	completed;
27	27	(3) securing all other points of access so as to not
28	28	allow entry while still allowing students and faculty to exit in the
29	29	event of an emergency; and
30	30	(4) remotely monitoring other points of access by use
31	31	of access controls, camera systems, or other devices determined by
32	32	the school district or charter school to be effective and feasible.
33	33	(c) The minimum standards for securing entry points
34	34	developed pursuant to Subsection (a) shall be divided into four
35	35	levels based upon the specific needs and available resources of a
36	36	school district or charter school. The levels shall be delineated
37	37	as follows:
38	38	(1) Level One shall provide for visual surveillance of
39	39	the entry point by school security personnel or school staff to
40	40	monitor for unusual behavior while applying questioning,
41	41	individual searches, and bag checks when deemed warranted;
42	42	(2) Level Two shall include all of the practices
43	43	described in Level One, as well as performing random checks of
44	44	entrants by school security personnel or school staff utilizing
45	45	handheld metal detectors;
46	46	(3) Level Three shall include establishing security
47	47	screening during which entrants and their belongings would be
48	48	randomly screened by walk through metal detectors, as well as
49	49	applying all of the practices described in Level One and using
50	50	handheld metal detectors for secondary screening; and
51	51	(4) Level Four shall entail comprehensive security
52	52	screening of all entrants and their belongings, including applying
53	53	all of the practices described in Level One; screening all entrants
54	54	through the use of walk through metal detectors; using handheld
55	55	metal detectors for secondary screening; conducting bag checks in
56	56	only those instances in which the alarm in the walk through metal
57	57	detector sounds; and instructing entrants to use low metal content
58	58	backpacks and school supplies to mitigate the alarms and maintain
59	59	efficient ingress.
60	60	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.