| 1 | 1 | | 88R6082 JES-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 1633 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the establishment of a school marshal and guardian |
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| 8 | 8 | | training grant program. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 37.0811, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 11 | 11 | | adding Subsection (i) to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (i) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may |
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| 13 | 13 | | request a grant under the school marshal and guardian training |
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| 14 | 14 | | grant program established under Section 37.0814. |
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| 15 | 15 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 37, Education Code, is |
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| 16 | 16 | | amended by adding Section 37.0814 to read as follows: |
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| 17 | 17 | | Sec. 37.0814. SCHOOL MARSHAL AND GUARDIAN TRAINING GRANT |
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| 18 | 18 | | PROGRAM. (a) In this section, "school guardian" means a person |
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| 19 | 19 | | who, pursuant to the written regulations or written authorization |
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| 20 | 20 | | of a school district or open-enrollment charter school under |
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| 21 | 21 | | Section 46.03(a)(1)(A), Penal Code, is authorized to carry or |
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| 22 | 22 | | possess a specified weapon for the purpose of providing safety and |
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| 23 | 23 | | security on the physical premises of a school, any grounds or |
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| 24 | 24 | | building on which an activity sponsored by a school is being |
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| 25 | 25 | | conducted, or a passenger transportation vehicle of a school. |
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| 26 | 26 | | (b) From funds appropriated or otherwise available for that |
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| 27 | 27 | | purpose, the commissioner shall establish a grant program under |
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| 28 | 28 | | which a grant of $3,000 is awarded to each school campus of a school |
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| 29 | 29 | | district or open-enrollment charter school that applies. The grant |
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| 30 | 30 | | may only be used to pay the costs of providing an appointed school |
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| 31 | 31 | | marshal or school guardian with training. |
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| 32 | 32 | | (c) The identity of a school district or open-enrollment |
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| 33 | 33 | | charter school that receives a grant under this section and the |
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| 34 | 34 | | identity of a school marshal or school guardian who receives |
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| 35 | 35 | | training using that grant are confidential, except as provided by |
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| 36 | 36 | | Section 1701.260(j), Occupations Code, and are not subject to a |
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| 37 | 37 | | request under Chapter 552, Government Code. |
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| 38 | 38 | | (d) The commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to |
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| 39 | 39 | | establish the grant program under this section. |
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| 40 | 40 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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