88R13114 PRL-D
By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 2058
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the employment of or contracting for armed commissioned
security officers as school district security personnel.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 37.081(a) and (d), Education Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(a) The board of trustees of any school district may employ
security personnel, contract with an independent contractor for the
provision of security personnel, enter into a memorandum of
understanding with a local law enforcement agency for the provision
of school resource officers, and commission peace officers to carry
out this subchapter. If a board of trustees authorizes a person
employed or contracted as security personnel to carry a weapon, the
person must be a commissioned peace officer or must be a
commissioned security officer licensed under Subchapter G, Chapter
1702, Occupations Code, who has completed the training program
provided under Section 1701.260, Occupations Code. The
jurisdiction of a peace officer, a school resource officer, or
security personnel under this section shall be determined by the
board of trustees and may include all territory in the boundaries of
the school district and all property outside the boundaries of the
district that is owned, leased, or rented by or otherwise under the
control of the school district and the board of trustees that employ
the peace officer, employ or contract for [or] security personnel,
or [that] enter into a memorandum of understanding for the
provision of a school resource officer.
(d) The board of trustees of the school district shall
determine the law enforcement duties of peace officers, school
resource officers, and security personnel. The duties must be
included in:
(1) the district improvement plan under Section
11.252;
(2) the student code of conduct adopted under Section
37.001;
(3) any memorandum of understanding providing for a
school resource officer; [and]
(4) any contract with an independent contractor to
provide security personnel at the district; and
(5) any other campus or district document describing
the role of peace officers, school resource officers, or security
personnel in the district.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024
school year.
SECTION 3. 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.