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4	4	AN ACT
5	5	relating to measures for ensuring public school safety, including
6	6	the development and implementation of purchases relating to and
7	7	funding for public school safety and security requirements and the
8	8	provision of safety-related resources.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 7.028(a), Education Code, is amended to
11	11	read as follows:
12	12	(a) Except as provided by Section 21.006(k), 22.093(l),
13	13	22.096, 28.006, 29.001(5), 29.010(a), 33.006(h), 37.1083, 37.1084,
14	14	38.003, or 39.003, the agency may monitor compliance with
15	15	requirements applicable to a process or program provided by a
16	16	school district, campus, program, or school granted charters under
17	17	Chapter 12, including the process described by Subchapter F,
18	18	Chapter 11, or a program described by Subchapter B, C, D, E, F, H, or
19	19	I, Chapter 29, or Subchapter A, Chapter 37, only as necessary to
20	20	ensure:
21	21	(1) compliance with federal law and regulations;
22	22	(2) financial accountability, including compliance
23	23	with grant requirements;
24	24	(3) data integrity for purposes of:
25	25	(A) the Public Education Information Management
26	26	System (PEIMS); and
27	27	(B) accountability under Chapters 39 and 39A; and
28	28	(4) qualification for funding under Chapter 48.
29	29	SECTION 2. Sections 7.061(b) and (c), Education Code, are
30	30	amended to read as follows:
31	31	(b) The commissioner shall adopt or amend rules as necessary
32	32	to ensure that facilities [building] standards for new and existing
33	33	instructional facilities and other school district and
34	34	open-enrollment charter school facilities, including construction
35	35	quality, performance, operational, and other standards related to
36	36	the safety and security of school facilities, provide a secure and
37	37	safe environment. In adopting or amending rules under this
38	38	section, the commissioner shall include the use of best practices
39	39	for:
40	40	(1) the design and construction of new facilities; and
41	41	(2) the improvement, renovation, and retrofitting of
42	42	existing facilities.
43	43	(c) Not later than September 1 of each even-numbered year,
44	44	the commissioner shall review all rules adopted or amended under
45	45	this section and amend the rules as necessary to ensure that
46	46	facilities [building] standards for school district and
47	47	open-enrollment charter school facilities continue to provide a
48	48	secure and safe environment. The commissioner shall, in
49	49	consultation with the Texas School Safety Center, identify and
50	50	adopt any changes recommended under Section 37.221.
51	51	SECTION 3. Subchapter B, Chapter 8, Education Code, is
52	52	amended by adding Section 8.064 to read as follows:
53	53	Sec. 8.064. SCHOOL SAFETY SUPPORT. (a) A regional
54	54	education service center shall act as a school safety resource,
55	55	using materials and resources developed by the Texas School Safety
56	56	Center or the agency in accordance with Chapter 37, for school
57	57	districts and open-enrollment charter schools in the region served
58	58	by the center. The center may assist a school district or
59	59	open-enrollment charter school directly or in collaboration with
60	60	the Texas School Safety Center and local law enforcement agencies,
61	61	as applicable:
62	62	(1) in developing and implementing a multihazard
63	63	emergency operations plan under Section 37.108;
64	64	(2) in establishing a school safety and security
65	65	committee under Section 37.109;
66	66	(3) in conducting emergency school drills and
67	67	exercises;
68	68	(4) in addressing deficiencies in campus security
69	69	identified by a school safety review team under Section 37.1084;
70	70	and
71	71	(5) by providing guidance on any other matter relating
72	72	to school safety and security.
73	73	(b) A regional education service center:
74	74	(1) shall provide assistance as necessary to the
75	75	region's school safety review team established under Section
76	76	37.1084; and
77	77	(2) may provide assistance as necessary to school
78	78	districts and open-enrollment charter schools in the region served
79	79	by the center through the direct provision of positive behavioral
80	80	interventions and supports to a student enrolled in one of those
81	81	districts or schools to mitigate or prevent future harmful,
82	82	threatening, or violent behavior by the student.
83	83	SECTION 4. Section 12.104(b), Education Code, as amended by
84	84	Chapters 542 (S.B. 168), 887 (S.B. 1697), 915 (H.B. 3607), 974 (S.B.
85	85	2081), and 1046 (S.B. 1365), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular
86	86	Session, 2021, is reenacted and amended to read as follows:
87	87	(b) An open-enrollment charter school is subject to:
88	88	(1) a provision of this title establishing a criminal
89	89	offense;
90	90	(2) the provisions in Chapter 554, Government Code;
91	91	and
92	92	(3) a prohibition, restriction, or requirement, as
93	93	applicable, imposed by this title or a rule adopted under this
94	94	title, relating to:
95	95	(A) the Public Education Information Management
96	96	System (PEIMS) to the extent necessary to monitor compliance with
97	97	this subchapter as determined by the commissioner;
98	98	(B) criminal history records under Subchapter C,
99	99	Chapter 22;
100	100	(C) reading instruments and accelerated reading
101	101	instruction programs under Section 28.006;
102	102	(D) accelerated instruction under Section
103	103	28.0211;
104	104	(E) high school graduation requirements under
105	105	Section 28.025;
106	106	(F) special education programs under Subchapter
107	107	A, Chapter 29;
108	108	(G) bilingual education under Subchapter B,
109	109	Chapter 29;
110	110	(H) prekindergarten programs under Subchapter E
111	111	or E-1, Chapter 29, except class size limits for prekindergarten
112	112	classes imposed under Section 25.112, which do not apply;
113	113	(I) extracurricular activities under Section
114	114	33.081;
115	115	(J) discipline management practices or behavior
116	116	management techniques under Section 37.0021;
117	117	(K) health and safety under Chapter 38;
118	118	(L) the provisions of Subchapter A, Chapter 39;
119	119	(M) public school accountability and special
120	120	investigations under Subchapters A, B, C, D, F, G, and J, Chapter
121	121	39, and Chapter 39A;
122	122	(N) the requirement under Section 21.006 to
123	123	report an educator's misconduct;
124	124	(O) intensive programs of instruction under
125	125	Section 28.0213;
126	126	(P) the right of a school employee to report a
127	127	crime, as provided by Section 37.148;
128	128	(Q) bullying prevention policies and procedures
129	129	under Section 37.0832;
130	130	(R) the right of a school under Section 37.0052
131	131	to place a student who has engaged in certain bullying behavior in a
132	132	disciplinary alternative education program or to expel the student;
133	133	(S) the right under Section 37.0151 to report to
134	134	local law enforcement certain conduct constituting assault or
135	135	harassment;
136	136	(T) a parent's right to information regarding the
137	137	provision of assistance for learning difficulties to the parent's
138	138	child as provided by Sections 26.004(b)(11) and 26.0081(c) and (d);
139	139	(U) establishment of residency under Section
140	140	25.001;
141	141	(V) school safety requirements under Sections
142	142	37.0814, 37.108, 37.1081, 37.1082, 37.1083, 37.1084, 37.1085,
143	143	37.1086, 37.109, 37.113, 37.114, 37.1141, 37.115, 37.207, and
144	144	37.2071 and Subchapter J, Chapter 37;
145	145	(W) the early childhood literacy and mathematics
146	146	proficiency plans under Section 11.185;
147	147	(X) the college, career, and military readiness
148	148	plans under Section 11.186; and
149	149	(Y) [(X)] parental options to retain a student
150	150	under Section 28.02124.
151	151	SECTION 5. Subchapter Z, Chapter 22, Education Code, is
152	152	amended by adding Section 22.904 to read as follows:
153	153	Sec. 22.904. MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING. (a) Except as
154	154	otherwise provided by this section, a school district shall require
155	155	each district employee who regularly interacts with students
156	156	enrolled at the district to complete an evidence-based mental
157	157	health training program designed to provide instruction to
158	158	participants regarding the recognition and support of children and
159	159	youth who experience a mental health or substance use issue that may
160	160	pose a threat to school safety.
161	161	(b) A school district may not require a district employee
162	162	who has previously completed mental health training offered by a
163	163	local mental health authority under Section 1001.203, Health and
164	164	Safety Code, to complete the training required by this section.
165	165	(c) From funds appropriated for the purpose, the agency
166	166	shall provide an allotment to each school district to assist the
167	167	district in complying with this section. The amount of an allotment
168	168	provided to a school district under this subsection may not exceed
169	169	the costs incurred by the district for employees' travel, training
170	170	fees, and compensation for the time spent completing the training
171	171	required by this section. The agency may proportionally reduce
172	172	each district's allotment if the amount appropriated is
173	173	insufficient to pay for all costs incurred by districts under this
174	174	subsection.
175	175	(d) The State Board for Educator Certification shall
176	176	propose rules allowing an educator to receive credit toward the
177	177	educator's continuing education requirements under Section
178	178	21.054(g) for the educator's participation in mental health
179	179	training under this section.
180	180	(e) The commissioner shall adopt rules to implement this
181	181	section, including rules specifying the training fees and travel
182	182	expenses subject to reimbursement under Subsection (c).
183	183	SECTION 6. Section 25.002(a), Education Code, is amended to
184	184	read as follows:
185	185	(a) If a parent or other person with legal control of a child
186	186	under a court order enrolls the child in a public school, the parent
187	187	or other person or the school district in which the child most
188	188	recently attended school shall furnish to the school district:
189	189	(1) the child's birth certificate or another document
190	190	suitable as proof of the child's identity;
191	191	(2) a copy of the child's records from the school the
192	192	child most recently attended if the child has been previously
193	193	enrolled in a school in this state or another state, including for a
194	194	child who most recently attended a public school in this state, a
195	195	copy of the child's disciplinary record and any threat assessment
196	196	involving the child's behavior conducted under Section 37.115; and
197	197	(3) a record showing that the child has the
198	198	immunizations as required under Section 38.001, in the case of a
199	199	child required under that section to be immunized, proof as
200	200	required by that section showing that the child is not required to
201	201	be immunized, or proof that the child is entitled to provisional
202	202	admission under that section and under rules adopted under that
203	203	section.
204	204	SECTION 7. Section 25.036, Education Code, is amended by
205	205	adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
206	206	(c) In the case of a transfer under this section, a child's
207	207	school district of residence shall provide the receiving district
208	208	with the child's disciplinary record and any threat assessment
209	209	involving the child's behavior conducted under Section 37.115.
210	210	SECTION 8. Section 37.081, Education Code, is amended by
211	211	amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (a-1), (a-2), (a-3),
212	212	and (a-4) to read as follows:
213	213	(a) The board of trustees of any school district may:
214	214	(1) employ or contract with security personnel;
215	215	(2) [,] enter into a memorandum of understanding with
216	216	a local law enforcement agency or a county or municipality that is
217	217	the employing political subdivision of commissioned peace officers
218	218	for the provision of school resource officers;
219	219	(3) for the purposes of providing security personnel,
220	220	contract with a security services contractor licensed under Chapter
221	221	1702, Occupations Code, for the provision of a commissioned
222	222	security officer, as defined by Section 1702.002, Occupations Code,
223	223	who has completed the Level II or III training course required by
224	224	the Department of Public Safety; [,] and
225	225	(4) commission peace officers to carry out this
226	226	subchapter.
227	227	(a-1) [If a board of trustees authorizes a person employed
228	228	as security personnel to carry a weapon, the person must be a
229	229	commissioned peace officer.] The jurisdiction of a peace officer,
230	230	a school resource officer, or security personnel under this section
231	231	shall be determined by the board of trustees and may include all
232	232	territory in the boundaries of the school district and all property
233	233	outside the boundaries of the district that is owned, leased, or
234	234	rented by or otherwise under the control of the school district and
235	235	the board of trustees that employ or contract with, as applicable,
236	236	the peace officer or security personnel or that enter into a
237	237	memorandum of understanding for the provision of a school resource
238	238	officer.
239	239	(a-2) A memorandum of understanding for the provision of
240	240	school resource officers entered into under Subsection (a) must:
241	241	(1) be in the form of an interlocal contract under
242	242	Chapter 791, Government Code; and
243	243	(2) use a proportionate cost allocation methodology to
244	244	address any costs or fees incurred by the school district or the
245	245	local law enforcement agency, county, or municipality, as
246	246	applicable.
247	247	(a-3) The cost allocation methodology used under Subsection
248	248	(a-2)(2) may allow a local law enforcement agency, county, or
249	249	municipality, as applicable, to recoup direct costs incurred as a
250	250	result of the contract but may not allow the agency, county, or
251	251	municipality to profit under the contract.
252	252	(a-4) A school district, local law enforcement agency,
253	253	county, or municipality that enters into a memorandum of
254	254	understanding under Subsection (a) may seek funding from federal,
255	255	state, and private sources to support the cost of providing school
256	256	resource officers under this section.
257	257	SECTION 9. Section 37.0812(a), Education Code, is amended
258	258	to read as follows:
259	259	(a) A school district peace officer or school resource
260	260	officer shall complete an active shooter response training program
261	261	approved by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement at least once in
262	262	each four-year period.
263	263	SECTION 10. Subchapter C, Chapter 37, Education Code, is
264	264	amended by adding Section 37.0814 to read as follows:
265	265	Sec. 37.0814. ARMED SECURITY OFFICER REQUIRED. (a) The
266	266	board of trustees of each school district shall determine the
267	267	appropriate number of armed security officers for each district
268	268	campus. The board must ensure that at least one armed security
269	269	officer is present during regular school hours at each district
270	270	campus.
271	271	(b) A security officer described by Subsection (a) must be:
272	272	(1) a school district peace officer;
273	273	(2) a school resource officer; or
274	274	(3) a commissioned peace officer employed as security
275	275	personnel under Section 37.081.
276	276	(c) If the board of trustees of a school district is unable
277	277	to comply with this section, the board may claim a good cause
278	278	exception from the requirement to comply with this section if the
279	279	district's noncompliance is due to the availability of:
280	280	(1) funding; or
281	281	(2) personnel who qualify to serve as a security
282	282	officer described by Subsection (a).
283	283	(d) The board of trustees of a school district that claims a
284	284	good cause exception under Subsection (c) must develop an
285	285	alternative standard with which the district is able to comply,
286	286	which may include providing a person to act as a security officer
287	287	who is:
288	288	(1) a school marshal; or
289	289	(2) a school district employee or a person with whom
290	290	the district contracts who:
291	291	(A) has completed school safety training
292	292	provided by a qualified handgun instructor certified in school
293	293	safety under Section 411.1901, Government Code; and
294	294	(B) carries a handgun on school premises in
295	295	accordance with written regulations or written authorization of the
296	296	district under Section 46.03(a)(1)(A), Penal Code.
297	297	(e) The board of trustees of a school district must develop
298	298	and maintain documentation of the district's implementation of and
299	299	compliance with this section, including documentation related to a
300	300	good cause exception claimed under Subsection (c), and shall, if
301	301	requested by the agency, provide that documentation to the agency
302	302	in the manner prescribed by the agency.
303	303	SECTION 11. Subchapter C, Chapter 37, Education Code, is
304	304	amended by adding Section 37.089 to read as follows:
305	305	Sec. 37.089. ROLE OF PERSONS CARRYING A FIREARM ON SCHOOL
306	306	GROUNDS. (a) Subject to Subsection (b), a person permitted to carry
307	307	a firearm on the campus of a school district may not perform the
308	308	routine law enforcement duties of a peace officer, including making
309	309	arrests, unless the duty is performed in response to an emergency
310	310	that poses a threat of death or serious bodily injury to a student,
311	311	school district employee, or other individual at the district
312	312	campus.
313	313	(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a commissioned peace
314	314	officer who is assigned law enforcement duties that are included in
315	315	campus and district documents describing the role of peace officers
316	316	in the district as required by Section 37.081(d).
317	317	SECTION 12. Section 37.108, Education Code, is amended by
318	318	amending Subsections (a), (b), and (f) and adding Subsection (h) to
319	319	read as follows:
320	320	(a) Each school district or public junior college district
321	321	shall adopt and implement a multihazard emergency operations plan
322	322	for use in the district's facilities. The plan must address
323	323	prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery as
324	324	defined by the Texas School Safety Center in conjunction with the
325	325	governor's office of homeland security, [and] the commissioner of
326	326	education, and the [or] commissioner of higher education[, as
327	327	applicable]. The plan must provide for:
328	328	(1) training in responding to an emergency for
329	329	district employees, including substitute teachers;
330	330	(2) measures to ensure district employees, including
331	331	substitute teachers, have classroom access to a telephone,
332	332	including a cellular telephone, or another electronic
333	333	communication device allowing for immediate contact with district
334	334	emergency services or emergency services agencies, law enforcement
335	335	agencies, health departments, and fire departments;
336	336	(3) measures to ensure district communications
337	337	technology and infrastructure are adequate to allow for
338	338	communication during an emergency;
339	339	(4) if the plan applies to a school district,
340	340	mandatory school drills and exercises, including drills required
341	341	under Section 37.114, to prepare district students and employees
342	342	for responding to an emergency;
343	343	(5) measures to ensure coordination with the
344	344	Department of State Health Services and local emergency management
345	345	agencies, law enforcement, health departments, and fire
346	346	departments in the event of an emergency; [and]
347	347	(6) the implementation of a safety and security audit
348	348	as required by Subsection (b); and
349	349	(7) any other requirements established by the Texas
350	350	School Safety Center in consultation with the agency and relevant
351	351	local law enforcement agencies.
352	352	(b) At least once every three years, each school district or
353	353	public junior college district shall conduct a safety and security
354	354	audit of the district's facilities. A [To the extent possible, a]
355	355	district, or a person included in the registry established by the
356	356	Texas School Safety Center under Section 37.2091 who is engaged by
357	357	the district to conduct a safety and security audit, shall follow
358	358	safety and security audit procedures developed by the Texas School
359	359	Safety Center in coordination with the commissioner of education or
360	360	commissioner of higher education, as applicable [or a person
361	361	included in the registry established by the Texas School Safety
362	362	Center under Section 37.2091].
363	363	(f) A school district shall include in its multihazard
364	364	emergency operations plan:
365	365	(1) a chain of command that designates the individual
366	366	responsible for making final decisions during a disaster or
367	367	emergency situation and identifies other individuals responsible
368	368	for making those decisions if the designated person is unavailable;
369	369	(2) provisions that address physical and
370	370	psychological safety for responding to a natural disaster, active
371	371	shooter, and any other dangerous scenario identified for purposes
372	372	of this section by the agency or the Texas School Safety Center;
373	373	(3) provisions for ensuring the safety of students in
374	374	portable buildings;
375	375	(4) provisions for ensuring that students and district
376	376	personnel with disabilities are provided equal access to safety
377	377	during a disaster or emergency situation;
378	378	(5) provisions for providing immediate notification
379	379	to parents, guardians, and other persons standing in parental
380	380	relation in circumstances involving a significant threat to the
381	381	health or safety of students, including identification of the
382	382	individual with responsibility for overseeing the notification;
383	383	(6) provisions for supporting the psychological
384	384	safety of students, district personnel, and the community during
385	385	the response and recovery phase following a disaster or emergency
386	386	situation that:
387	387	(A) are aligned with best practice-based
388	388	programs and research-based practices recommended under Section
389	389	38.351;
390	390	(B) include strategies for ensuring any required
391	391	professional development training for suicide prevention and
392	392	grief-informed and trauma-informed care is provided to appropriate
393	393	school personnel;
394	394	(C) include training on integrating
395	395	psychological safety and suicide prevention strategies into the
396	396	district's plan, such as psychological first aid for schools
397	397	training, from an approved list of recommended training established
398	398	by the commissioner and Texas School Safety Center for:
399	399	(i) members of the district's school safety
400	400	and security committee under Section 37.109;
401	401	(ii) district school counselors and mental
402	402	health professionals; and
403	403	(iii) educators and other district
404	404	personnel as determined by the district;
405	405	(D) include strategies and procedures for
406	406	integrating and supporting physical and psychological safety that
407	407	align with the provisions described by Subdivision (2); and
408	408	(E) implement trauma-informed policies;
409	409	(7) a policy for providing a substitute teacher access
410	410	to school campus buildings and materials necessary for the
411	411	substitute teacher to carry out the duties of a district employee
412	412	during an emergency or a mandatory emergency drill; [and]
413	413	(8) the name of each individual on the district's
414	414	school safety and security committee established under Section
415	415	37.109 and the date of each committee meeting during the preceding
416	416	year; and
417	417	(9) certification that the district is in compliance
418	418	with Section 37.117.
419	419	(h) The Texas School Safety Center and the agency shall
420	420	provide school safety-related data collected by the center or
421	421	agency to each other on request.
422	422	SECTION 13. Section 37.1081(a), Education Code, is amended
423	423	to read as follows:
424	424	(a) If the board of trustees of a school district receives
425	425	notice of noncompliance under Section 37.207(e) or 37.2071(d) or
426	426	(g) [37.2071(g)], the board shall hold a public hearing to notify
427	427	the public of:
428	428	(1) the district's failure to:
429	429	(A) submit or correct deficiencies in a
430	430	multihazard emergency operations plan; or
431	431	(B) report the results of a safety and security
432	432	audit to the Texas School Safety Center as required by law;
433	433	(2) the dates during which the district has not been in
434	434	compliance; and
435	435	(3) the names of each member of the board of trustees
436	436	and the superintendent serving in that capacity during the dates
437	437	the district was not in compliance.
438	438	SECTION 14. Subchapter D, Chapter 37, Education Code, is
439	439	amended by adding Sections 37.1083, 37.1084, 37.1085, 37.1086, and
440	440	37.1131 to read as follows:
441	441	Sec. 37.1083. AGENCY MONITORING OF SCHOOL DISTRICT SAFETY
442	442	AND SECURITY REQUIREMENTS. (a) The agency shall monitor the
443	443	implementation and operation of requirements related to school
444	444	district safety and security, including school district:
445	445	(1) multihazard emergency operations plans; and
446	446	(2) safety and security audits.
447	447	(b) The agency shall establish an office of school safety
448	448	and security within the agency that consists of individuals with
449	449	substantial expertise and experience in school or law enforcement
450	450	safety and security operations and oversight at the local, state,
451	451	or federal level to coordinate the agency's monitoring of school
452	452	district safety and security requirements under this section. The
453	453	director of the office is appointed by the governor and confirmed by
454	454	the senate and must report directly to the commissioner.
455	455	(c) The agency shall, in coordination with the Texas School
456	456	Safety Center and relevant local law enforcement agencies, provide
457	457	technical assistance to school districts to support the
458	458	implementation and operation of safety and security requirements.
459	459	(d) As part of the technical assistance provided under
460	460	Subsection (c), the agency shall conduct a detailed vulnerability
461	461	assessment of each school district on a random basis determined by
462	462	the agency once every four years. The assessment must:
463	463	(1) assess facility access controls, emergency
464	464	operations procedures, and other school safety requirements; and
465	465	(2) to the greatest extent practicable, coincide with
466	466	the safety and security audit required under Section 37.108.
467	467	(e) The agency shall use a rubric developed by the office of
468	468	school safety and security in collaboration with the Texas School
469	469	Safety Center to conduct a vulnerability assessment of a school
470	470	district under Subsection (d).
471	471	(f) On completion of a vulnerability assessment under
472	472	Subsection (d), the agency shall provide to the superintendent and
473	473	school safety and security committee established under Section
474	474	37.109 for the applicable school district a report on the results of
475	475	the assessment that includes recommendations and required
476	476	corrective actions to address any deficiencies in campus security
477	477	identified by the agency.
478	478	(g) The agency may engage a third party as necessary to
479	479	enable the agency to monitor the implementation and operation of
480	480	school district safety and security requirements under this
481	481	section.
482	482	(h) The agency may require a school district to submit
483	483	information necessary for the agency to monitor the implementation
484	484	and operation of school district safety and security requirements
485	485	under this section, including:
486	486	(1) notice of an event requiring a district's
487	487	emergency response including the discovery of a firearm on a
488	488	campus; and
489	489	(2) information regarding the district's response and
490	490	use of emergency operations procedures during an event described by
491	491	Subdivision (1).
492	492	(i) The agency may review school district records as
493	493	necessary to ensure compliance with this subchapter and Subchapter
494	494	G.
495	495	(j) Any document or information collected, identified,
496	496	developed, or produced relating to the monitoring of school
497	497	district safety and security requirements under this section is
498	498	confidential under Sections 418.177 and 418.181, Government Code,
499	499	and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
500	500	(k) The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to
501	501	administer this section.
502	502	Sec. 37.1084. REGIONAL SCHOOL SAFETY REVIEW TEAMS. (a) In
503	503	this section:
504	504	(1) "Office" means the office of school safety and
505	505	security established under Section 37.1083.
506	506	(2) "Team" means a school safety review team
507	507	established under this section.
508	508	(b) The office shall establish a school safety review team
509	509	in each region served by a regional education service center. A
510	510	team shall annually conduct on-site general intruder detection
511	511	audits of school district campuses in the team's region. In
512	512	conducting an intruder detection audit, a team must:
513	513	(1) use a rubric developed by the office in
514	514	consultation with the Texas School Safety Center;
515	515	(2) not later than the seventh day before the date of a
516	516	scheduled audit, notify the superintendent of the school district
517	517	in which the campus being audited is located; and
518	518	(3) on completion of the audit, provide to the
519	519	superintendent and school safety and security committee
520	520	established under Section 37.109 for the school district in which
521	521	the campus is located a report on the results of the audit that
522	522	includes recommendations and required corrective actions to
523	523	address any deficiencies in campus security identified by the team.
524	524	(c) A regional education service center shall provide
525	525	support as necessary to assist the region's team in conducting
526	526	intruder detection audits under this section.
527	527	(d) A report produced by a team under this section is
528	528	confidential and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552,
529	529	Government Code.
530	530	Sec. 37.1085. ASSIGNMENT OF CONSERVATOR FOR NONCOMPLIANCE
531	531	WITH SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY REQUIREMENTS. (a) Except as
532	532	provided by Subsection (c), the commissioner may assign a
533	533	conservator under Chapter 39A if a school district fails to:
534	534	(1) submit to any required monitoring, assessment, or
535	535	audit under Section 37.1083 or 37.1084;
536	536	(2) comply with applicable safety and security
537	537	requirements; or
538	538	(3) address in a reasonable time period, as determined
539	539	by commissioner rule, issues raised by the agency's monitoring,
540	540	assessment, or audit of the district under Section 37.1083 or
541	541	37.1084.
542	542	(b) A conservator assigned to a district under this section
543	543	may exercise the powers and duties of a conservator under Section
544	544	39A.003 only to correct a failure identified under Subsection (a).
545	545	(c) This section does not apply to a school district's
546	546	failure to comply with Section 37.0814 or a good cause exception
547	547	claimed under that section.
548	548	Sec. 37.1086. GUIDELINES FOR MULTIHAZARD EMERGENCY
549	549	OPERATIONS PLAN PROVISIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES OR
550	550	IMPAIRMENTS. (a) The agency shall establish guidelines for the
551	551	provisions in a school district's multihazard emergency operations
552	552	plan under Section 37.108(f)(4) to ensure the safety of students
553	553	and district personnel with disabilities or impairments during a
554	554	disaster or emergency situation, in consultation with:
555	555	(1) the Texas School Safety Center;
556	556	(2) regional education service centers;
557	557	(3) public school educators who work with students
558	558	with disabilities or impairments; and
559	559	(4) advocacy groups representing individuals with
560	560	disabilities or impairments.
561	561	(b) A school district must follow the guidelines
562	562	established by the agency under Subsection (a) in adopting and
563	563	implementing the district's multihazard emergency operations plan
564	564	under Section 37.108.
565	565	Sec. 37.1131. NOTIFICATION REGARDING VIOLENT ACTIVITY. (a)
566	566	The agency shall develop model standards for providing notice
567	567	regarding violent activity that has occurred or is being
568	568	investigated at a school district campus or other district facility
569	569	or at a district-sponsored activity to parents, guardians, and
570	570	other persons standing in parental relation to students who are
571	571	assigned to the campus, regularly use the facility, or are
572	572	attending the activity, as applicable. The standards must:
573	573	(1) include electronic notification through text
574	574	messaging and e-mail;
575	575	(2) provide an option for real-time notification; and
576	576	(3) protect student privacy.
577	577	(b) Each school district shall adopt a policy for providing
578	578	notice described by Subsection (a) in a manner that meets the
579	579	standards adopted under that subsection.
580	580	SECTION 15. Section 37.115, Education Code, is amended by
581	581	amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (j-1) to read as
582	582	follows:
583	583	(c) The board of trustees of each school district shall
584	584	establish a threat assessment and safe and supportive school team
585	585	to serve at each campus of the district and shall adopt policies and
586	586	procedures for the teams. The team is responsible for developing
587	587	and implementing the safe and supportive school program under
588	588	Subsection (b) at the district campus served by the team. The
589	589	policies and procedures adopted under this section must:
590	590	(1) be consistent with the model policies and
591	591	procedures developed by the Texas School Safety Center;
592	592	(2) require each team to complete training provided by
593	593	the Texas School Safety Center or a regional education service
594	594	center regarding evidence-based threat assessment programs; [and]
595	595	(3) require each team established under this section
596	596	to report the information required under Subsection (k) regarding
597	597	the team's activities to the agency; and
598	598	(4) require each district campus to establish a clear
599	599	procedure for a student to report concerning behavior exhibited by
600	600	another student for assessment by the team or other appropriate
601	601	school employee.
602	602	(j-1) Materials and information provided to or produced by a
603	603	team during a threat assessment of a student under this section must
604	604	be maintained in the student's school record until the student's
605	605	24th birthday.
606	606	SECTION 16. Subchapter D, Chapter 37, Education Code, is
607	607	amended by adding Section 37.117 to read as follows:
608	608	Sec. 37.117. EMERGENCY RESPONSE MAP AND WALK-THROUGH. Each
609	609	school district and open-enrollment charter school shall provide to
610	610	the Department of Public Safety and all appropriate local law
611	611	enforcement agencies and emergency first responders:
612	612	(1) an accurate map of each district campus and school
613	613	building that is developed and documented in accordance with the
614	614	standards described by Section 37.351 related to developing site
615	615	and floor plans, access control, and exterior door numbering; and
616	616	(2) an opportunity to conduct a walk-through of each
617	617	district campus and school building using the map described by
618	618	Subdivision (1).
619	619	SECTION 17. Sections 37.2071(b), (c), (d), (f), (g), and
620	620	(h), Education Code, are amended to read as follows:
621	621	(b) A school district or public junior college district
622	622	shall submit its multihazard emergency operations plan to the
623	623	center:
624	624	(1) not later than the 30th day after the date [on
625	625	request of] the center requests the submission; and
626	626	(2) in accordance with the center's review cycle
627	627	developed under Subsection (a).
628	628	(c) The center shall review each district's multihazard
629	629	emergency operations plan submitted under Subsection (b) and:
630	630	(1) verify the plan meets the requirements of Section
631	631	37.108; or
632	632	(2) provide the district with written notice:
633	633	(A) describing the plan's deficiencies; [and]
634	634	(B) including specific recommendations to
635	635	correct the deficiencies; and
636	636	(C) stating that the district must correct the
637	637	deficiencies in its plan and resubmit the revised plan to the
638	638	center.
639	639	(d) If a district fails to submit its multihazard emergency
640	640	operations plan to the center for review following a notification
641	641	by the center that the district has failed to submit the district's
642	642	plan, the center shall provide the district with written notice
643	643	stating that the district must hold a public hearing under Section
644	644	37.1081[:
645	645	[(1) has failed to submit a plan; and
646	646	[(2) must submit a plan to the center for review and
647	647	verification].
648	648	(f) If one month [three months] after the date of initial
649	649	notification of a plan's deficiencies under Subsection (c)(2) [or
650	650	failure to submit a plan under Subsection (d)] a district has not
651	651	corrected the plan deficiencies [or has failed to submit a plan],
652	652	the center shall provide written notice to the district and agency
653	653	that the district has not complied with the requirements of this
654	654	section and must comply immediately.
655	655	(g) If a school district still has not corrected the plan
656	656	deficiencies three [or has failed to submit a plan six] months after
657	657	the date of initial notification under Subsection (c)(2) [or (d)],
658	658	the center shall provide written notice to the school district
659	659	stating that the district must hold a public hearing under Section
660	660	37.1081.
661	661	(h) If a school district has failed to submit a plan, the
662	662	notice required by Subsection (d) [(g)] must state that the
663	663	commissioner is authorized to appoint a conservator under Section
664	664	37.1082.
665	665	SECTION 18. Section 37.2091, Education Code, is amended by
666	666	adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
667	667	(b-1) A school district must confirm that a person is
668	668	included in the registry established under Subsection (b) before
669	669	the district may engage the person to provide school safety or
670	670	security consulting services to the district.
671	671	SECTION 19. Subchapter G, Chapter 37, Education Code, is
672	672	amended by adding Sections 37.221 and 37.222 to read as follows:
673	673	Sec. 37.221. FACILITIES STANDARDS REVIEW. (a) At least
674	674	once every five years, the center shall review the facilities
675	675	standards for instructional facilities adopted under Section 7.061
676	676	and make recommendations to the commissioner regarding any changes
677	677	necessary to ensure that the facilities standards:
678	678	(1) reflect best practices for improving school safety
679	679	through the design and construction of school facilities; and
680	680	(2) are consistent with standards adopted under
681	681	Chapter 469, Government Code, regarding the elimination of
682	682	architectural barriers.
683	683	(b) The center and commissioner may consult with
684	684	stakeholders with relevant expertise regarding whether any updates
685	685	to requirements for the use of funds granted or allocated to school
686	686	districts for purposes of improving the safety and security of
687	687	school facilities are necessary to align with best practices.
688	688	(c) In updating facilities standards, the commissioner
689	689	shall:
690	690	(1) incorporate input from the center and stakeholders
691	691	with relevant expertise regarding best practices for standards
692	692	applicable to the design and construction of school facilities; and
693	693	(2) ensure the standards are updated as necessary to
694	694	ensure compliance with any changes to state law and local building
695	695	codes.
696	696	Sec. 37.222. RESOURCES ON SAFE FIREARM STORAGE. (a) The
697	697	center, in collaboration with the Department of Public Safety,
698	698	shall provide to each school district and open-enrollment charter
699	699	school information and other resources regarding the safe storage
700	700	of firearms for distribution by the district or school under
701	701	Subsection (b), including information on:
702	702	(1) the offense under Section 46.13, Penal Code; and
703	703	(2) ways in which parents and guardians can
704	704	effectively prevent children from accessing firearms.
705	705	(b) Each school district and open-enrollment charter school
706	706	shall provide the information and other resources described under
707	707	Subsection (a) to the parent or guardian of each student enrolled in
708	708	the district or school.
709	709	SECTION 20. Chapter 37, Education Code, is amended by
710	710	adding Subchapter J to read as follows:
711	711	SUBCHAPTER J. SAFETY AND SECURITY REQUIREMENTS FOR FACILITIES
712	712	Sec. 37.351. FACILITIES STANDARDS COMPLIANCE. (a) A school
713	713	district must ensure that each district facility complies with each
714	714	school facilities standard, including performance standards and
715	715	operational requirements, related to safety and security adopted
716	716	under Section 7.061 or provided by other law or agency rule.
717	717	(b) A school district must develop and maintain
718	718	documentation of the district's implementation of and compliance
719	719	with school safety and security facilities standards for each
720	720	district facility, including a good cause exception claimed under
721	721	Section 37.353, and shall, if requested by the agency, provide that
722	722	documentation to the agency in the manner prescribed by the agency.
723	723	Sec. 37.352. PURCHASING REQUIREMENTS. A school district
724	724	shall comply with all applicable state laws and rules relating to
725	725	procurement for district purchases relating to achieving
726	726	compliance with the facilities standards adopted under Section
727	727	7.061 or provided by other law or agency rule.
728	728	Sec. 37.353. GOOD CAUSE EXCEPTION. (a) If a school
729	729	district is unable to bring a district facility into compliance
730	730	with a school facilities standard related to safety and security,
731	731	the district may claim a good cause exception from the requirement
732	732	to comply with that standard, including for a reason related to:
733	733	(1) the age, physical design, or location of the
734	734	noncompliant facility;
735	735	(2) the projected remaining use or functional life of
736	736	the noncompliant facility;
737	737	(3) availability of funding; or
738	738	(4) supply chain obstacles.
739	739	(b) A school district that claims a good cause exception
740	740	under Subsection (a) must develop an alternative performance
741	741	standard with which the district is able to comply.
742	742	Sec. 37.354. FUNDING FOR FACILITIES STANDARDS COMPLIANCE.
743	743	(a) The commissioner may authorize a school district to use money
744	744	provided to the district for the purpose of improving school safety
745	745	and security, including the school safety allotment under Section
746	746	48.115 or any other funding or grant money available to the district
747	747	for that purpose, to comply with the requirements of this
748	748	subchapter.
749	749	(a-1) Funds appropriated in S.B. 30, Acts of the 88th
750	750	Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, or similar legislation, for the
751	751	purpose of improving school safety and security, may be used as
752	752	described by Subsection (a). This subsection expires September 1,
753	753	2026.
754	754	(b) The commissioner may adopt rules regarding safety and
755	755	security requirements with which a school district must comply to
756	756	receive funding or grant money available for the purpose of
757	757	improving school safety and security.
758	758	Sec. 37.355. CONFIDENTIALITY. (a) Any document or
759	759	information collected, identified, developed, or produced relating
760	760	to a safety or security requirement under this subchapter is
761	761	confidential under Sections 418.177 and 418.181, Government Code,
762	762	and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
763	763	(b) The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to
764	764	administer this section.
765	765	SECTION 21. Section 38.022, Education Code, is amended by
766	766	amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
767	767	follows:
768	768	(a) A school district may require a person who enters
769	769	property under the district's control [a district campus] to
770	770	display the person's driver's license, [or] another form of
771	771	identification containing the person's photograph issued by a
772	772	governmental entity, or, if applicable, the person's district
773	773	employee or student identification card. The person must provide
774	774	the identification on request.
775	775	(a-1) A school district may eject a person from district
776	776	property if:
777	777	(1) the person refuses or fails to provide on request
778	778	identification described by Subsection (a); and
779	779	(2) it reasonably appears that the person has no
780	780	legitimate reason to be on district property.
781	781	SECTION 22. Subchapter E, Chapter 45, Education Code, is
782	782	amended by adding Section 45.1011 to read as follows:
783	783	Sec. 45.1011. USE OF BOND PROCEEDS FOR SCHOOL SAFETY
784	784	COMPLIANCE. (a) The proceeds of bonds issued by a school district
785	785	for the construction and equipment of school buildings in the
786	786	district and the purchase of the necessary sites for school
787	787	buildings may be used to pay the costs associated with complying
788	788	with school safety and security requirements for school facilities
789	789	in accordance with Section 37.351.
790	790	(b) This subsection applies to a school district that has
791	791	been determined by the agency, through the agency's monitoring of
792	792	safety and security requirements under Section 37.1083, to not be
793	793	in compliance with those requirements. Notwithstanding any other
794	794	law, a school district to which this subsection applies must use the
795	795	proceeds of bonds described by Subsection (a) to achieve compliance
796	796	with applicable safety and security requirements in accordance with
797	797	Section 37.351 before the district may use those proceeds for any
798	798	other authorized purpose.
799	799	SECTION 23. Section 48.115, Education Code, is amended by
800	800	amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsections (a-1),
801	801	(b-1), (b-2), (c-1), and (e) to read as follows:
802	802	(a) Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), [From funds
803	803	appropriated for that purpose, the commissioner shall provide to] a
804	804	school district is entitled to an annual allotment equal to the sum
805	805	of the following amounts or a greater [in the] amount provided by
806	806	appropriation:
807	807	(1) $10 for each student in average daily attendance,
808	808	plus $1 for each student in average daily attendance per every $50
809	809	by which the district's maximum basic allotment under Section
810	810	48.051 exceeds $6,160, prorated as necessary; and
811	811	(2) $15,000 per campus.
812	812	(a-1) A school district campus that provides only virtual
813	813	instruction or utilizes only facilities not subject to the
814	814	district's control is not included for purposes of determining a
815	815	school district's allotment under Subsection (a).
816	816	(b) Funds allocated under this section must be used to
817	817	improve school safety and security, including costs associated
818	818	with:
819	819	(1) securing school facilities in accordance with the
820	820	requirements of Section 37.351, including:
821	821	(A) improvements to school infrastructure;
822	822	(B) the use or installation of perimeter security
823	823	fencing conducive to a public school learning environment or
824	824	physical barriers, which may not include razor wire; [and]
825	825	(C) exterior door and window safety and security
826	826	upgrades, including exterior door numbering and locking systems and
827	827	security film that provides resistance to a forced entry; and
828	828	(D) the purchase and maintenance of:
829	829	(i) security cameras and, if the district
830	830	has already installed security cameras, [or] other security
831	831	equipment, including video surveillance as provided by Section
832	832	29.022; and
833	833	(ii) technology, including communications
834	834	systems or devices, such as silent panic alert devices, two-way
835	835	radios, or wireless Internet booster equipment, that facilitates
836	836	communication and information sharing between students, school
837	837	personnel, and first responders in an emergency;
838	838	(2) providing security for the district, including:
839	839	(A) employing school district peace officers,
840	840	private security officers, and school marshals; and
841	841	(B) collaborating with local law enforcement
842	842	agencies, such as entering into a memorandum of understanding for
843	843	the assignment of school resource officers to schools in the
844	844	district;
845	845	(3) school safety and security measures [training and
846	846	planning], including:
847	847	(A) active shooter and emergency response
848	848	training;
849	849	(B) prevention and treatment programs relating
850	850	to addressing adverse childhood experiences; and
851	851	(C) the prevention, identification, and
852	852	management of emergencies and threats, using evidence-based,
853	853	effective prevention practices and including:
854	854	(i) providing licensed counselors, social
855	855	workers, and individuals trained in restorative discipline and
856	856	restorative justice practices;
857	857	(ii) providing mental health personnel and
858	858	support;
859	859	(iii) providing behavioral health
860	860	services;
861	861	(iv) establishing threat reporting
862	862	systems; and
863	863	(v) developing and implementing programs
864	864	focused on restorative justice practices, culturally relevant
865	865	instruction, and providing mental health support; [and]
866	866	(4) providing programs related to suicide prevention,
867	867	intervention, and postvention; and
868	868	(5) employing a school safety director and other
869	869	personnel to manage and monitor school safety initiatives and the
870	870	implementation of school safety requirements for the district.
871	871	(b-1) The agency may designate certain technologies that a
872	872	school district, in using funds allocated under this section, may
873	873	purchase only from a vendor approved by the agency.
874	874	(b-2) If the agency, in coordination with the Texas School
875	875	Safety Center, determines that entering into a statewide contract
876	876	with a vendor for the provision of a technology designated under
877	877	Subsection (b-1) would result in cost savings to school districts,
878	878	the agency may, after receiving approval from the Legislative
879	879	Budget Board and office of the governor, enter into a contract with
880	880	a vendor to provide the technology to each district that uses funds
881	881	allocated under this section to purchase that technology.
882	882	(c-1) The agency, or if designated by the agency, the Texas
883	883	School Safety Center, shall establish and publish a directory of
884	884	approved vendors of school safety technology and equipment a school
885	885	district may select from when using funds allocated under this
886	886	section. If a school district uses funds allocated under this
887	887	section to purchase technology or equipment from a vendor that is
888	888	not included in the directory, the district must solicit bids from
889	889	at least three vendors before completing the purchase.
890	890	(e) Notwithstanding any other law, a school district may use
891	891	funds allocated under this section to provide training to a person
892	892	authorized by the district to carry a firearm on a district campus.
893	893	SECTION 24. Subchapter Z, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
894	894	amended by adding Section 411.951 to read as follows:
895	895	Sec. 411.951. CONFIDENTIALITY OF IWATCHTEXAS COMMUNITY
896	896	REPORTING SYSTEM REPORTS. All suspicious activity reports and
897	897	school safety reports included in the iWatchTexas community
898	898	reporting system operated by the department are confidential and
899	899	not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552.
900	900	SECTION 25. Subchapter B, Chapter 85, Local Government
901	901	Code, is amended by adding Section 85.024 to read as follows:
902	902	Sec. 85.024. SCHOOL SAFETY MEETINGS. (a) The sheriff of a
903	903	county with a total population of less than 350,000 in which a
904	904	public school is located shall call and conduct semiannual meetings
905	905	to discuss:
906	906	(1) school safety;
907	907	(2) coordinated law enforcement response to school
908	908	violence incidents;
909	909	(3) law enforcement agency capabilities;
910	910	(4) available resources;
911	911	(5) emergency radio interoperability;
912	912	(6) chain of command planning; and
913	913	(7) other related subjects proposed by a person in
914	914	attendance at the meeting.
915	915	(b) The sheriff of a county to which this section applies in
916	916	which more than one public school is located is only required to
917	917	hold one semiannual meeting described by Subsection (a). This
918	918	subsection does not require public schools located within the same
919	919	county to adopt the same school safety policies.
920	920	(c) The following persons shall attend a meeting called
921	921	under Subsection (a):
922	922	(1) the sheriff or the sheriff's designee;
923	923	(2) the police chief of a municipal police department
924	924	in the county or the police chief's designee;
925	925	(3) each elected constable in the county or the
926	926	constable's designees;
927	927	(4) each police chief of a school district's police
928	928	department or school district security coordinator from each school
929	929	district located in the county;
930	930	(5) a representative of the Department of Public
931	931	Safety assigned to the county;
932	932	(6) a representative of each other state agency with
933	933	commissioned peace officers assigned to the county;
934	934	(7) a person appointed to a command staff position at
935	935	an emergency medical service in the county;
936	936	(8) a person appointed to a command staff position at a
937	937	municipal emergency medical service in the county;
938	938	(9) a person appointed to a command staff position at a
939	939	fire department in the county;
940	940	(10) the superintendent or the superintendent's
941	941	designee of each school district located in the county;
942	942	(11) the person who serves the function of
943	943	superintendent, or that person's designee, in each open-enrollment
944	944	charter school located in the county; and
945	945	(12) any other person the sheriff considers
946	946	appropriate.
947	947	(d) The sheriff shall invite any federal law enforcement
948	948	official serving in the county to attend the meeting.
949	949	(e) As soon as practicable after a meeting under Subsection
950	950	(a), the sheriff shall submit a report to the Texas School Safety
951	951	Center identifying the attendees of the meeting and the subjects
952	952	discussed. The Texas School Safety Center shall maintain the report
953	953	and make it publicly available on the center's Internet website.
954	954	The center may not make publicly available and shall redact any
955	955	parts of a report that the center determines may expose a safety
956	956	vulnerability of a school district facility.
957	957	SECTION 26. (a) As soon as practicable after the effective
958	958	date of this Act, the Texas Education Agency shall establish the
959	959	office of school safety and security and the governor shall appoint
960	960	the director of that office as required by Section 37.1083,
961	961	Education Code, as added by this Act.
962	962	(b) As soon as practicable after the office of school safety
963	963	and security has been established, the office shall establish
964	964	school safety review teams in each region served by a regional
965	965	education service center as required by Section 37.1084, Education
966	966	Code, as added by this Act.
967	967	SECTION 27. Section 45.1011, Education Code, as added by
968	968	this Act, applies only to a bond authorized to be issued at an
969	969	election held on or after the effective date of this Act.
970	970	SECTION 28. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
971	971	over another Act of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023,
972	972	relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
973	973	codes.
974	974	SECTION 29. (a) Section 7.028 and Chapter 37, Education
975	975	Code, as amended by this Act, apply beginning with the 2023-2024
976	976	school year.
977	977	(b) Notwithstanding Section 22.904, Education Code, as
978	978	added by this Act, a school district must require the district's
979	979	employees to complete the mental health training required under
980	980	that section as follows:
981	981	(1) at least 25 percent of the applicable district
982	982	employees before the beginning of the 2025-2026 school year;
983	983	(2) at least 50 percent of the applicable district
984	984	employees before the beginning of the 2026-2027 school year;
985	985	(3) at least 75 percent of the applicable district
986	986	employees before the beginning of the 2027-2028 school year; and
987	987	(4) 100 percent of the applicable district employees
988	988	before the beginning of the 2028-2029 school year.
989	989	SECTION 30. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of
990	990	this section, this Act takes effect immediately if it receives a
991	991	vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
992	992	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
993	993	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
994	994	Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
995	995	(b) Section 48.115, Education Code, as amended by this Act,
996	996	takes effect September 1, 2023.
997	997	______________________________ ______________________________
998	998	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
999	999	I certify that H.B. No. 3 was passed by the House on April 25,
1000	1000	2023, by the following vote: Yeas 119, Nays 25, 1 present, not
1001	1001	voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to
1002	1002	H.B. No. 3 on May 23, 2023, and requested the appointment of a
1003	1003	conference committee to consider the differences between the two
1004	1004	houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report
1005	1005	on H.B. No. 3 on May 28, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 93, Nays
1006	1006	49, 1 present, not voting.
1007	1007	______________________________
1008	1008	Chief Clerk of the House
1009	1009	I certify that H.B. No. 3 was passed by the Senate, with
1010	1010	amendments, on May 21, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
1011	1011	0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference
1012	1012	committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and
1013	1013	that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No.
1014	1014	3 on May 28, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 26, Nays 5.
1015	1015	______________________________
1016	1016	Secretary of the Senate
1017	1017	APPROVED: __________________
1018	1018	Date
1019	1019	__________________
1020	1020	Governor