88R1491 GCB-D
By: Blanco S.B. No. 1037
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to establishing a committee to develop school safety and
security rules and standards for newly constructed school
facilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 7.061, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
(b-1) In adopting or amending rules under Subsection (b),
the commissioner shall incorporate the new school facility safety
and security rules and standards developed under Section 7.0615.
SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 7, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 7.0615 to read as follows:
Sec. 7.0615. NEW SCHOOL FACILITY SAFETY AND SECURITY RULES
AND STANDARDS. (a) The commissioner, in collaboration with the
Texas School Safety Center, shall establish a committee to develop
rules and standards for required school safety and security
features for newly constructed school district and open-enrollment
charter school facilities.
(b) Any school district or open-enrollment charter school
facility for which construction commences on or after January 1,
2024, must comply with the rules and standards developed by the
committee under this section.
(c) The agency shall publish the rules and standards
developed under this section on the agency's Internet website.
SECTION 3. (a) Not later than October 1, 2023, the
commissioner of the Texas Education Agency, in collaboration with
the Texas School Safety Center, shall establish the committee
required under Section 7.0615, Education Code, as added by this
Act.
(b) Not later than December 1, 2023, the Texas Education
Agency shall publish on its Internet website the rules and
standards developed under Section 7.0615, Education Code, as added
by this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2023.