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1	1	By: Toth H.B. No. 4979
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4	4	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
5	5	AN ACT
6	6	relating to measures for ensuring safety and security in public
7	7	schools, including measures related to certain student records and
8	8	conduct.
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, 38.003,
14	14	or 39.003, the agency may monitor compliance with requirements
15	15	applicable to a process or program provided by a school district,
16	16	campus, program, or school granted charters under Chapter 12,
17	17	including the process described by Subchapter F, Chapter 11, or a
18	18	program described by Subchapter B, C, D, E, F, H, or I, Chapter 29,
19	19	or Subchapter A, Chapter 37, only as necessary to ensure:
20	20	(1) compliance with federal law and regulations;
21	21	(2) financial accountability, including compliance
22	22	with grant requirements;
23	23	(3) data integrity for purposes of:
24	24	(A) the Public Education Information Management
25	25	System (PEIMS); and
26	26	(B) accountability under Chapters 39 and 39A; and
27	27	(4) qualification for funding under Chapter 48.
28	28	SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 8, Education Code, is
29	29	amended by adding Section 8.064 to read as follows:
30	30	Sec. 8.064. SCHOOL SAFETY SUPPORT. (a) A regional
31	31	education service center shall act as a school safety resource for
32	32	school districts and open-enrollment charter schools in the region
33	33	served by the center. The center may assist a school district or
34	34	open-enrollment charter school:
35	35	(1) in developing and implementing a multihazard
36	36	emergency operations plan under Section 37.108;
37	37	(2) in establishing a school safety and security
38	38	committee under Section 37.109;
39	39	(3) in conducting emergency school drills and
40	40	exercises;
41	41	(4) in addressing deficiencies in campus security
42	42	identified by a school safety review team under Section 37.1084;
43	43	and
44	44	(5) by providing guidance on any other matter relating
45	45	to school safety and security.
46	46	(b) A regional education service center shall provide
47	47	assistance as necessary to the region's school safety review team
48	48	established under Section 37.1084.
49	49	SECTION 3. Section 12.104(b), Education Code, as amended by
50	50	Chapters 542 (S.B. 168), 887 (S.B. 1697), 915 (H.B. 3607), 974
51	51	(S.B. 2081), and 1046 (S.B. 1365), Acts of the 87th Legislature,
52	52	Regular Session, 2021, is reenacted and amended to read as follows:
53	53	(b) An open-enrollment charter school is subject to:
54	54	(1) a provision of this title establishing a criminal
55	55	offense;
56	56	(2) the provisions in Chapter 554, Government Code;
57	57	and
58	58	(3) a prohibition, restriction, or requirement, as
59	59	applicable, imposed by this title or a rule adopted under this
60	60	title, relating to:
61	61	(A) the Public Education Information Management
62	62	System (PEIMS) to the extent necessary to monitor compliance with
63	63	this subchapter as determined by the commissioner;
64	64	(B) criminal history records under Subchapter C,
65	65	Chapter 22;
66	66	(C) reading instruments and accelerated reading
67	67	instruction programs under Section 28.006;
68	68	(D) accelerated instruction under Section
69	69	28.0211;
70	70	(E) high school graduation requirements under
71	71	Section 28.025;
72	72	(F) special education programs under Subchapter
73	73	A, Chapter 29;
74	74	(G) bilingual education under Subchapter B,
75	75	Chapter 29;
76	76	(H) prekindergarten programs under Subchapter E
77	77	or E-1, Chapter 29, except class size limits for prekindergarten
78	78	classes imposed under Section 25.112, which do not apply;
79	79	(I) extracurricular activities under Section
80	80	33.081;
81	81	(J) discipline management practices or behavior
82	82	management techniques under Section 37.0021;
83	83	(K) health and safety under Chapter 38;
84	84	(L) the provisions of Subchapter A, Chapter 39;
85	85	(M) public school accountability and special
86	86	investigations under Subchapters A, B, C, D, F, G, and J, Chapter
87	87	39, and Chapter 39A;
88	88	(N) the requirement under Section 21.006 to
89	89	report an educator's misconduct;
90	90	(O) intensive programs of instruction under
91	91	Section 28.0213;
92	92	(P) the right of a school employee to report a
93	93	crime, as provided by Section 37.148;
94	94	(Q) bullying prevention policies and procedures
95	95	under Section 37.0832;
96	96	(R) the right of a school under Section 37.0052
97	97	to place a student who has engaged in certain bullying behavior in a
98	98	disciplinary alternative education program or to expel the student;
99	99	(S) the right under Section 37.0151 to report to
100	100	local law enforcement certain conduct constituting assault or
101	101	harassment;
102	102	(T) a parent's right to information regarding the
103	103	provision of assistance for learning difficulties to the parent's
104	104	child as provided by Sections 26.004(b)(11) and 26.0081(c) and (d);
105	105	(U) establishment of residency under Section
106	106	25.001;
107	107	(V) school safety requirements under Sections
108	108	37.108, 37.1081, 37.1082, 37.1083, 37.1084, 37.109, 37.113,
109	109	37.114, 37.1141, 37.115, 37.207, and 37.2071;
110	110	(W) the early childhood literacy and mathematics
111	111	proficiency plans under Section 11.185;
112	112	(X) the college, career, and military readiness
113	113	plans under Section 11.186; and
114	114	(Y) [(X)] parental options to retain a student
115	115	under Section 28.02124.
116	116	SECTION 4. Section 25.002(a), Education Code, is amended to
117	117	read as follows:
118	118	(a) If a parent or other person with legal control of a child
119	119	under a court order enrolls the child in a public school, the parent
120	120	or other person or the school district in which the child most
121	121	recently attended school shall furnish to the school district:
122	122	(1) the child's birth certificate or another document
123	123	suitable as proof of the child's identity;
124	124	(2) a copy of the child's records from the school the
125	125	child most recently attended if the child has been previously
126	126	enrolled in a school in this state or another state, including for a
127	127	child who most recently attended a public school in this state, a
128	128	copy of the child's disciplinary record and any threat assessment
129	129	involving the child's behavior conducted under Section 37.115; and
130	130	(3) a record showing that the child has the
131	131	immunizations as required under Section 38.001, in the case of a
132	132	child required under that section to be immunized, proof as
133	133	required by that section showing that the child is not required to
134	134	be immunized, or proof that the child is entitled to provisional
135	135	admission under that section and under rules adopted under that
136	136	section.
137	137	SECTION 5. Section 25.036, Education Code, is amended by
138	138	adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
139	139	(c) In the case of a transfer under this section, a child's
140	140	school district of residence shall provide the receiving district
141	141	with the child's disciplinary record and any threat assessment
142	142	involving the child's behavior conducted under Section 37.115.
143	143	SECTION 6. Section 25.095(a), Education Code, is amended to
144	144	read as follows:
145	145	(a) A school district or open-enrollment charter school
146	146	shall notify a student's parent in writing at the beginning of the
147	147	school year that if the student is absent from school, without
148	148	excuse under Section 25.087, on six [10] or more days or parts of
149	149	days within an eight-week [a six-month] period in the same school
150	150	year:
151	151	(1) the student's parent is subject to prosecution
152	152	under Section 25.093; and
153	153	(2) the student is subject to referral to a truancy
154	154	court for truant conduct under Section 65.003(a), Family Code.
155	155	SECTION 7. Section 25.0951(a), Education Code, is amended
156	156	to read as follows:
157	157	(a) If a student fails to attend school without excuse on
158	158	six [10] or more days or parts of days within an eight-week [a
159	159	six-month] period in the same school year, a school district shall
160	160	within 10 school days of the student's sixth [10th] absence refer
161	161	the student to a truancy court for truant conduct under Section
162	162	65.003(a), Family Code.
163	163	SECTION 8. Section 37.108, Education Code, is amended by
164	164	amending Subsections (a), (b), and (c) and adding Subsections (a-1)
165	165	and (h) to read as follows:
166	166	(a) Each school district or public junior college district
167	167	shall adopt and implement a multihazard emergency operations plan
168	168	for use in the district's facilities. The plan must address
169	169	prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery in
170	170	accordance with the definitions established for those terms under
171	171	Subsection (a-1) [as defined by the Texas School Safety Center in
172	172	conjunction with the governor's office of homeland security and the
173	173	commissioner of education or commissioner of higher education, as
174	174	applicable]. The plan must provide for:
175	175	(1) training in responding to an emergency for
176	176	district employees, including substitute teachers;
177	177	(2) measures to ensure district employees, including
178	178	substitute teachers, have classroom access to a telephone,
179	179	including a cellular telephone, or another electronic
180	180	communication device allowing for immediate contact with district
181	181	emergency services or emergency services agencies, law enforcement
182	182	agencies, health departments, and fire departments;
183	183	(3) measures to ensure district communications
184	184	technology and infrastructure are adequate to allow for
185	185	communication during an emergency;
186	186	(4) if the plan applies to a school district:
187	187	(A) [,] mandatory school drills and exercises,
188	188	including drills required under Section 37.114, to prepare district
189	189	students and employees for responding to an emergency; and
190	190	(B) measures that incorporate and address the
191	191	results of a safety and security audit conducted under Subsection
192	192	(b) and an on-site vulnerability assessment conducted by a school
193	193	safety review team under Section 37.1084;
194	194	(5) measures to ensure coordination with the
195	195	Department of State Health Services and local emergency management
196	196	agencies, law enforcement, health departments, and fire
197	197	departments in the event of an emergency; and
198	198	(6) the implementation of a safety and security audit
199	199	as required by Subsection (b).
200	200	(a-1) The Texas School Safety Center shall establish
201	201	definitions of prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response, and
202	202	recovery for purposes of a multihazard emergency operations plan
203	203	under Subsection (a):
204	204	(1) for a plan applicable to a public junior college
205	205	district, in conjunction with the governor's office of homeland
206	206	security and the commissioner of higher education; or
207	207	(2) for a plan applicable to a school district, in
208	208	conjunction with the governor's office of homeland security and
209	209	with the approval of the commissioner of education.
210	210	(b) At least once every three years, each school district or
211	211	public junior college district shall conduct a safety and security
212	212	audit of the district's facilities in the following manner:
213	213	(1) a school [. To the extent possible, a] district
214	214	shall:
215	215	(A) follow safety and security audit procedures
216	216	adopted by the commissioner in consultation with [developed by] the
217	217	Texas School Safety Center; and
218	218	(B) unless a district employee conducts the
219	219	audit, engage [or] a person approved by the commissioner and
220	220	included in the registry established by the Texas School Safety
221	221	Center under Section 37.2091 to conduct the audit; and
222	222	(2) a public junior college district shall, to the
223	223	extent possible, follow safety and security audit procedures
224	224	developed by the Texas School Safety Center or a person included in
225	225	the registry established by the Texas School Safety Center under
226	226	Section 37.2091.
227	227	(c) A school district or public junior college district
228	228	shall report the results of the safety and security audit conducted
229	229	under Subsection (b) to the district's board of trustees and, in the
230	230	manner required by the Texas School Safety Center, to the Texas
231	231	School Safety Center. Additionally, a school district shall report
232	232	the results of the audit to the agency. The report provided to the
233	233	Texas School Safety Center and, if applicable, to the agency under
234	234	this subsection must be signed by:
235	235	(1) for a school district, the district's board of
236	236	trustees and superintendent; or
237	237	(2) for a public junior college district, the
238	238	president of the junior college district.
239	239	(h) The commissioner, in consultation with the Texas School
240	240	Safety Center, shall adopt rules regarding requirements for school
241	241	district:
242	242	(1) multihazard emergency operations plans; and
243	243	(2) safety and security audits.
244	244	SECTION 9. Subchapter C, Chapter 37, Education Code, is
245	245	amended by adding Section 37.088 to read as follows:
246	246	Sec. 37.088. CLASSROOM SAFETY REVIEW AND REFERRAL PROGRAM.
247	247	(a) If, after an investigation is completed, the principal of a
248	248	public primary or secondary school has reasonable grounds to
249	249	believe that a student engaged in violent criminal conduct,
250	250	including assaultive conduct, the principal shall:
251	251	(1) refer the student to the classroom safety review
252	252	committee established under Subsection (b); or
253	253	(2) make a report to any school district police
254	254	department, if applicable, or the police department of the
255	255	municipality in which the school is located or, if the school is not
256	256	in a municipality, the sheriff of the county in which the school is
257	257	located.
258	258	(b) Before the beginning of each school year, a public
259	259	primary or secondary school shall establish a classroom safety
260	260	review committee that consists of five classroom teachers who are
261	261	selected from all classroom teachers employed by the school through
262	262	a nomination and election process, as determined by the school.
263	263	(c) If a student is referred to the classroom safety review
264	264	committee under Subsection (a)(1), the committee shall review all
265	265	electronic, written, and verbal evidence or testimony or video
266	266	provided to the committee and interview any eyewitnesses. After
267	267	review, the committee shall, by majority vote, refer the student
268	268	to:
269	269	(1) a person designated by the school as the juvenile
270	270	diversion administrator under Subsection (d); or
271	271	(2) the classroom safety referral board established
272	272	under Subsection (e).
273	273	(d) A public primary or secondary school shall designate a
274	274	person as the juvenile diversion administrator for the school. If
275	275	the classroom safety review committee refers a student to the
276	276	juvenile diversion administrator under Subsection (c)(1), the
277	277	juvenile diversion administrator shall:
278	278	(1) require the student to perform a certain number of
279	279	hours of community service;
280	280	(2) require the student to participate in tutoring; or
281	281	(3) make a determination that the student is not
282	282	required to take any additional actions.
283	283	(e) A public primary or secondary school shall establish a
284	284	classroom safety referral board that consists of:
285	285	(1) two teachers who serve on the classroom safety
286	286	review committee;
287	287	(2) an assistant district attorney of the county in
288	288	which the school is located;
289	289	(3) an investigator from the sheriff's office in the
290	290	county in which the school is located; and
291	291	(4) a parent of a student enrolled at the school
292	292	selected by the board of trustees of the school district.
293	293	(f) If the classroom safety review committee refers a
294	294	student to the classroom safety referral board, the board shall
295	295	review all electronic, written, and verbal evidence or testimony or
296	296	video provided to the board and may hear new testimony from the
297	297	student or an eyewitness of the conduct. After review, the board, by
298	298	majority vote, shall:
299	299	(1) report the student's conduct to the local law
300	300	enforcement agency; or
301	301	(2) refer the student to the juvenile diversion
302	302	administrator under Subsection (d).
303	303	(g) Materials and information provided to or produced by the
304	304	classroom safety review committee or the classroom safety referral
305	305	board during a student review under this section must be maintained
306	306	in the student's school record until the student's 24th birthday.
307	307	(h) A person commits an offense if the person destroys
308	308	material or information described by Subsection (g) before the
309	309	period of maintenance required under that subsection has expired.
310	310	An offense under this subsection is a Class A misdemeanor.
311	311	(i) If an educator commits an offense under Subsection (h),
312	312	the educator may be subject to termination or suspension of the
313	313	educator's contract.
314	314	(j) Any testimony provided by an educator to the classroom
315	315	safety review committee or the classroom safety referral board
316	316	under this section is confidential and may not be disclosed to any
317	317	other person.
318	318	SECTION 10. Subchapter D, Chapter 37, Education Code, is
319	319	amended by adding Sections 37.1083 and 37.1084 to read as follows:
320	320	Sec. 37.1083. AGENCY MONITORING OF SCHOOL DISTRICT SAFETY
321	321	AND SECURITY REQUIREMENTS. (a) The agency shall monitor the
322	322	implementation and operation of requirements related to school
323	323	district safety and security, including school district:
324	324	(1) multihazard emergency operations plans; and
325	325	(2) safety and security audits.
326	326	(b) The agency shall establish an office of school safety
327	327	and security within the agency to coordinate the agency's
328	328	monitoring of school district safety and security requirements
329	329	under this section. The director of the office is appointed by the
330	330	governor and must report directly to the commissioner.
331	331	(c) The agency shall provide technical assistance to school
332	332	districts to support the implementation and operation of safety and
333	333	security requirements, including the preparation of multihazard
334	334	emergency operations plans and performance of safety and security
335	335	audits.
336	336	(d) The agency may engage or require a school district to
337	337	engage a third party as necessary to enable the agency to monitor
338	338	the implementation and operation of school district safety and
339	339	security requirements under this section.
340	340	(e) The commissioner may take appropriate action under
341	341	Chapter 39A, including the assignment of a conservator or the
342	342	appointment of a board of managers, if a school district fails to:
343	343	(1) submit to the required monitoring under this
344	344	section;
345	345	(2) comply with applicable safety and security
346	346	requirements; or
347	347	(3) address in a reasonable time period, as determined
348	348	by commissioner rule, issues raised by the monitoring of the
349	349	district under this section.
350	350	(f) The agency, or if approved by the agency, the Texas
351	351	School Safety Center, may identify, develop, and make available to
352	352	school districts information to assist districts in the
353	353	implementation and operation of safety and security requirements,
354	354	including relevant:
355	355	(1) guidelines;
356	356	(2) techniques;
357	357	(3) blueprints;
358	358	(4) best practices; and
359	359	(5) procedures.
360	360	(g) The agency, the Texas School Safety Center, and school
361	361	districts may share information described by Subsection (f) with
362	362	one another.
363	363	(h) The agency may require a school district to submit
364	364	information necessary for the agency to monitor the implementation
365	365	and operation of school district safety and security requirements
366	366	under this section, including:
367	367	(1) notice of an event requiring a district's
368	368	emergency response; and
369	369	(2) information regarding the district's response and
370	370	use of emergency operations procedures during an event described by
371	371	Subdivision (1).
372	372	(i) The agency may review school district records as
373	373	necessary to ensure compliance with this subchapter and Subchapter
374	374	G.
375	375	(j) Any document or information collected, identified,
376	376	developed, or produced relating to the monitoring of school
377	377	district safety and security requirements under this section is
378	378	confidential under Sections 418.177 and 418.181, Government Code,
379	379	and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
380	380	(k) The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to
381	381	administer this section.
382	382	Sec. 37.1084. REGIONAL SCHOOL SAFETY REVIEW TEAMS. (a) In
383	383	this section:
384	384	(1) "Office" means the office of school safety and
385	385	security established under Section 37.1083.
386	386	(2) "Team" means a school safety review team
387	387	established under this section.
388	388	(b) The office shall establish a school safety review team
389	389	in each region served by a regional education service center. A
390	390	team shall twice annually conduct on-site vulnerability
391	391	assessments of each school district campus in the team's region. In
392	392	conducting a vulnerability assessment, a team must:
393	393	(1) use a rubric developed by the office in
394	394	consultation with the Texas School Safety Center;
395	395	(2) not later than the seventh day before the date of a
396	396	scheduled assessment, notify the superintendent of the school
397	397	district in which the campus being assessed is located; and
398	398	(3) on completion of the assessment, provide to the
399	399	superintendent and school safety and security committee
400	400	established under Section 37.109 for the school district in which
401	401	the campus is located a report on the results of the assessment that
402	402	includes recommendations to address any deficiencies in campus
403	403	security identified by the team.
404	404	(c) A regional education service center shall provide
405	405	support as necessary to assist the region's team in conducting
406	406	on-site vulnerability assessments under this section.
407	407	(d) A report produced by a team under this section is
408	408	confidential and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552,
409	409	Government Code.
410	410	SECTION 11. Section 37.2071, Education Code, is amended by
411	411	amending Subsections (a), (c), and (e) and adding Subsections (b-1)
412	412	and (e-1) to read as follows:
413	413	(a) The center shall establish a random or need-based cycle
414	414	for the center's review and verification of school district and
415	415	public junior college district multihazard emergency operations
416	416	plans adopted under Section 37.108. The cycle must:
417	417	(1) provide for each district's plan to be reviewed at
418	418	regular intervals as determined by the center; and
419	419	(2) if applicable to a school district's plan, be
420	420	approved by the agency.
421	421	(b-1) The center shall share with the agency a copy of each
422	422	school district multihazard emergency operations plan submitted
423	423	under Subsection (b) and any other information requested by the
424	424	agency regarding the review of a school district's multihazard
425	425	emergency operations plan.
426	426	(c) The center, or for a school district, the center and the
427	427	agency, shall review each district's multihazard emergency
428	428	operations plan submitted under Subsection (b) and:
429	429	(1) verify the plan meets the requirements of Section
430	430	37.108; or
431	431	(2) provide the district with written notice:
432	432	(A) describing the plan's deficiencies;
433	433	(B) including specific recommendations to
434	434	correct the deficiencies; and
435	435	(C) [(B)] stating that the district must correct
436	436	the deficiencies in its plan and resubmit the revised plan to the
437	437	center.
438	438	(e) The center, or for a school district, the center and the
439	439	agency, may approve a district multihazard emergency operations
440	440	plan that has deficiencies if the district submits a revised plan
441	441	that the center or the center and the agency, if applicable,
442	442	determines will correct the deficiencies.
443	443	(e-1) A school district multihazard emergency operations
444	444	plan may not be verified or approved under this section without the
445	445	agency's approval.
446	446	SECTION 12. Section 37.2091, Education Code, is amended by
447	447	adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
448	448	(b-1) The center must receive approval from the agency
449	449	before adding to the registry a person providing school safety or
450	450	security consulting services to school districts.
451	451	SECTION 13. Section 48.115, Education Code, is amended by
452	452	amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to
453	453	read as follows:
454	454	(a) A [From funds appropriated for that purpose, the
455	455	commissioner shall provide to a] school district is entitled to an
456	456	annual allotment equal to the sum of the following amounts or a
457	457	greater [in the] amount provided by appropriation:
458	458	(1) $10 for each student in average daily attendance,
459	459	plus $1 for each student in average daily attendance per every $50
460	460	by which the district's maximum basic allotment under Section
461	461	48.051 exceeds $6,160, prorated as necessary; and
462	462	(2) $15,000 per campus.
463	463	(b) Funds allocated under this section must be used to
464	464	improve school safety and security, including costs associated
465	465	with:
466	466	(1) securing school facilities, including:
467	467	(A) improvements to school infrastructure;
468	468	(B) the use or installation of physical barriers;
469	469	and
470	470	(C) the purchase and maintenance of:
471	471	(i) security cameras or other security
472	472	equipment; and
473	473	(ii) technology, including communications
474	474	systems or devices, that facilitates communication and information
475	475	sharing between students, school personnel, and first responders in
476	476	an emergency;
477	477	(2) providing security for the district, including:
478	478	(A) employing school district peace officers,
479	479	private security officers, and school marshals; and
480	480	(B) collaborating with local law enforcement
481	481	agencies, such as entering into a memorandum of understanding for
482	482	the assignment of school resource officers to schools in the
483	483	district;
484	484	(3) school safety and security measures [training and
485	485	planning], including:
486	486	(A) active shooter and emergency response
487	487	training;
488	488	(B) prevention and treatment programs relating
489	489	to addressing adverse childhood experiences; and
490	490	(C) the prevention, identification, and
491	491	management of emergencies and threats, using evidence-based,
492	492	effective prevention practices and including:
493	493	(i) providing licensed counselors, social
494	494	workers, and individuals trained in restorative discipline and
495	495	restorative justice practices;
496	496	(ii) providing mental health personnel and
497	497	support;
498	498	(iii) providing behavioral health
499	499	services;
500	500	(iv) establishing threat reporting
501	501	systems; and
502	502	(v) developing and implementing programs
503	503	focused on restorative justice practices, culturally relevant
504	504	instruction, and providing mental health support; and
505	505	(4) providing programs related to suicide prevention,
506	506	intervention, and postvention.
507	507	(b-1) The agency may designate certain technologies that a
508	508	school district, in using funds allocated under this section, may
509	509	purchase only from a vendor approved by the agency.
510	510	SECTION 14. Section 65.003(a), Family Code, is amended to
511	511	read as follows:
512	512	(a) A child engages in truant conduct if the child is
513	513	required to attend school under Section 25.085, Education Code, and
514	514	fails to attend school on six [10] or more days or parts of days
515	515	within an eight-week [a six-month] period in the same school year.
516	516	SECTION 15. (a) As soon as practicable after the effective
517	517	date of this Act, the Texas Education Agency shall establish the
518	518	office of school safety and security and the governor shall appoint
519	519	the director of that office as required by Section 37.1083,
520	520	Education Code, as added by this Act.
521	521	(b) As soon as practicable after the office of school safety
522	522	and security has been established, the office shall establish
523	523	school safety review teams in each region served by a regional
524	524	education service center as required by Section 37.1084, Education
525	525	Code, as added by this Act.
526	526	SECTION 16. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
527	527	over another Act of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023,
528	528	relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
529	529	codes.
530	530	SECTION 17. Sections 7.028, 25.095, and 25.0951, Education
531	531	Code, as amended by this Act, Chapter 37, Education Code, as amended
532	532	by this Act, and Section 65.003, Family Code, as amended by this
533	533	Act, apply beginning with the 2023-2024 school year.
534	534	SECTION 18. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of
535	535	this section, this Act takes effect immediately if it receives a
536	536	vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
537	537	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
538	538	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
539	539	Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
540	540	(b) Section 48.115, Education Code, as amended by this Act,
541	541	takes effect September 1, 2023.