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1	1	By: Toth H.B. No. 1010
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6	6	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
7	7	AN ACT
8	8	relating to measures for ensuring safety and security in public
9	9	schools, including measures related to certain student records and
10	10	conduct.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Section 7.028(a), Education Code, is amended to
13	13	read as follows:
14	14	(a) Except as provided by Section 21.006(k), 22.093(l),
15	15	22.096, 28.006, 29.001(5), 29.010(a), 33.006(h), 37.1083, 38.003,
16	16	or 39.003, the agency may monitor compliance with requirements
17	17	applicable to a process or program provided by a school district,
18	18	campus, program, or school granted charters under Chapter 12,
19	19	including the process described by Subchapter F, Chapter 11, or a
20	20	program described by Subchapter B, C, D, E, F, H, or I, Chapter 29,
21	21	or Subchapter A, Chapter 37, only as necessary to ensure:
22	22	(1) compliance with federal law and regulations;
23	23	(2) financial accountability, including compliance
24	24	with grant requirements;
25	25	(3) data integrity for purposes of:
26	26	(A) the Public Education Information Management
27	27	System (PEIMS); and
28	28	(B) accountability under Chapters 39 and 39A; and
29	29	(4) qualification for funding under Chapter 48.
30	30	SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 8, Education Code, is
31	31	amended by adding Section 8.064 to read as follows:
32	32	Sec. 8.064. SCHOOL SAFETY SUPPORT. (a) A regional
33	33	education service center shall act as a school safety resource for
34	34	school districts and open-enrollment charter schools in the region
35	35	served by the center. The center may assist a school district or
36	36	open-enrollment charter school:
37	37	(1) in developing and implementing a multihazard
38	38	emergency operations plan under Section 37.108;
39	39	(2) in establishing a school safety and security
40	40	committee under Section 37.109;
41	41	(3) in conducting emergency school drills and
42	42	exercises;
43	43	(4) in addressing deficiencies in campus security
44	44	identified by a school safety review team under Section 37.1084;
45	45	and
46	46	(5) by providing guidance on any other matter relating
47	47	to school safety and security.
48	48	(b) A regional education service center shall provide
49	49	assistance as necessary to the region's school safety review team
50	50	established under Section 37.1084.
51	51	SECTION 3. Section 12.104(b), Education Code, as amended by
52	52	Chapters 542 (S.B. 168), 887 (S.B. 1697), 915 (H.B. 3607), 974 (S.B.
53	53	2081), and 1046 (S.B. 1365), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular
54	54	Session, 2021, is reenacted and amended to read as follows:
55	55	(b) An open-enrollment charter school is subject to:
56	56	(1) a provision of this title establishing a criminal
57	57	offense;
58	58	(2) the provisions in Chapter 554, Government Code;
59	59	and
60	60	(3) a prohibition, restriction, or requirement, as
61	61	applicable, imposed by this title or a rule adopted under this
62	62	title, relating to:
63	63	(A) the Public Education Information Management
64	64	System (PEIMS) to the extent necessary to monitor compliance with
65	65	this subchapter as determined by the commissioner;
66	66	(B) criminal history records under Subchapter C,
67	67	Chapter 22;
68	68	(C) reading instruments and accelerated reading
69	69	instruction programs under Section 28.006;
70	70	(D) accelerated instruction under Section
71	71	28.0211;
72	72	(E) high school graduation requirements under
73	73	Section 28.025;
74	74	(F) special education programs under Subchapter
75	75	A, Chapter 29;
76	76	(G) bilingual education under Subchapter B,
77	77	Chapter 29;
78	78	(H) prekindergarten programs under Subchapter E
79	79	or E-1, Chapter 29, except class size limits for prekindergarten
80	80	classes imposed under Section 25.112, which do not apply;
81	81	(I) extracurricular activities under Section
82	82	33.081;
83	83	(J) discipline management practices or behavior
84	84	management techniques under Section 37.0021;
85	85	(K) health and safety under Chapter 38;
86	86	(L) the provisions of Subchapter A, Chapter 39;
87	87	(M) public school accountability and special
88	88	investigations under Subchapters A, B, C, D, F, G, and J, Chapter
89	89	39, and Chapter 39A;
90	90	(N) the requirement under Section 21.006 to
91	91	report an educator's misconduct;
92	92	(O) intensive programs of instruction under
93	93	Section 28.0213;
94	94	(P) the right of a school employee to report a
95	95	crime, as provided by Section 37.148;
96	96	(Q) bullying prevention policies and procedures
97	97	under Section 37.0832;
98	98	(R) the right of a school under Section 37.0052
99	99	to place a student who has engaged in certain bullying behavior in a
100	100	disciplinary alternative education program or to expel the student;
101	101	(S) the right under Section 37.0151 to report to
102	102	local law enforcement certain conduct constituting assault or
103	103	harassment;
104	104	(T) a parent's right to information regarding the
105	105	provision of assistance for learning difficulties to the parent's
106	106	child as provided by Sections 26.004(b)(11) and 26.0081(c) and (d);
107	107	(U) establishment of residency under Section
108	108	25.001;
109	109	(V) school safety requirements under Sections
110	110	37.108, 37.1081, 37.1082, 37.1083, 37.1084, 37.109, 37.113,
111	111	37.114, 37.1141, 37.115, 37.207, and 37.2071;
112	112	(W) the early childhood literacy and mathematics
113	113	proficiency plans under Section 11.185;
114	114	(X) the college, career, and military readiness
115	115	plans under Section 11.186; and
116	116	(Y) [(X)] parental options to retain a student
117	117	under Section 28.02124.
118	118	SECTION 4. Section 25.002(a), Education Code, is amended to
119	119	read as follows:
120	120	(a) If a parent or other person with legal control of a child
121	121	under a court order enrolls the child in a public school, the parent
122	122	or other person or the school district in which the child most
123	123	recently attended school shall furnish to the school district:
124	124	(1) the child's birth certificate or another document
125	125	suitable as proof of the child's identity;
126	126	(2) a copy of the child's records from the school the
127	127	child most recently attended if the child has been previously
128	128	enrolled in a school in this state or another state, including for a
129	129	child who most recently attended a public school in this state, a
130	130	copy of the child's disciplinary record and any threat assessment
131	131	involving the child's behavior conducted under Section 37.115; and
132	132	(3) a record showing that the child has the
133	133	immunizations as required under Section 38.001, in the case of a
134	134	child required under that section to be immunized, proof as
135	135	required by that section showing that the child is not required to
136	136	be immunized, or proof that the child is entitled to provisional
137	137	admission under that section and under rules adopted under that
138	138	section.
139	139	SECTION 5. Section 25.036, Education Code, is amended by
140	140	adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
141	141	(c) In the case of a transfer under this section, a child's
142	142	school district of residence shall provide the receiving district
143	143	with the child's disciplinary record and any threat assessment
144	144	involving the child's behavior conducted under Section 37.115.
145	145	SECTION 6. Section 25.095(a), Education Code, is amended to
146	146	read as follows:
147	147	(a) A school district or open-enrollment charter school
148	148	shall notify a student's parent in writing at the beginning of the
149	149	school year that if the student is absent from school, without
150	150	excuse under Section 25.087, on six [10] or more days or parts of
151	151	days within an eight-week [a six-month] period in the same school
152	152	year:
153	153	(1) the student's parent is subject to prosecution
154	154	under Section 25.093; and
155	155	(2) the student is subject to referral to a truancy
156	156	court for truant conduct under Section 65.003(a), Family Code.
157	157	SECTION 7. Section 25.0951(a), Education Code, is amended
158	158	to read as follows:
159	159	(a) If a student fails to attend school without excuse on
160	160	six [10] or more days or parts of days within an eight-week [a
161	161	six-month] period in the same school year, a school district shall
162	162	within 10 school days of the student's sixth [10th] absence refer
163	163	the student to a truancy court for truant conduct under Section
164	164	65.003(a), Family Code.
165	165	SECTION 8. Section 37.108, Education Code, is amended by
166	166	amending Subsections (a), (b), and (c) and adding Subsections (a-1)
167	167	and (h) to read as follows:
168	168	(a) Each school district or public junior college district
169	169	shall adopt and implement a multihazard emergency operations plan
170	170	for use in the district's facilities. The plan must address
171	171	prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery in
172	172	accordance with the definitions established for those terms under
173	173	Subsection (a-1) [as defined by the Texas School Safety Center in
174	174	conjunction with the governor's office of homeland security and the
175	175	commissioner of education or commissioner of higher education, as
176	176	applicable]. The plan must provide for:
177	177	(1) training in responding to an emergency for
178	178	district employees, including substitute teachers;
179	179	(2) measures to ensure district employees, including
180	180	substitute teachers, have classroom access to a telephone,
181	181	including a cellular telephone, or another electronic
182	182	communication device allowing for immediate contact with district
183	183	emergency services or emergency services agencies, law enforcement
184	184	agencies, health departments, and fire departments;
185	185	(3) measures to ensure district communications
186	186	technology and infrastructure are adequate to allow for
187	187	communication during an emergency;
188	188	(4) if the plan applies to a school district:
189	189	(A) [,] mandatory school drills and exercises,
190	190	including drills required under Section 37.114, to prepare district
191	191	students and employees for responding to an emergency; and
192	192	(B) measures that incorporate and address the
193	193	results of a safety and security audit conducted under Subsection
194	194	(b) and an on-site vulnerability assessment conducted by a school
195	195	safety review team under Section 37.1084;
196	196	(5) measures to ensure coordination with the
197	197	Department of State Health Services and local emergency management
198	198	agencies, law enforcement, health departments, and fire
199	199	departments in the event of an emergency; and
200	200	(6) the implementation of a safety and security audit
201	201	as required by Subsection (b).
202	202	(a-1) The Texas School Safety Center shall establish
203	203	definitions of prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response, and
204	204	recovery for purposes of a multihazard emergency operations plan
205	205	under Subsection (a):
206	206	(1) for a plan applicable to a public junior college
207	207	district, in conjunction with the governor's office of homeland
208	208	security and the commissioner of higher education; or
209	209	(2) for a plan applicable to a school district, in
210	210	conjunction with the governor's office of homeland security and
211	211	with the approval of the commissioner of education.
212	212	(b) At least once every three years, each school district or
213	213	public junior college district shall conduct a safety and security
214	214	audit of the district's facilities in the following manner:
215	215	(1) a school [. To the extent possible, a] district
216	216	shall:
217	217	(A) follow safety and security audit procedures
218	218	adopted by the commissioner in consultation with [developed by] the
219	219	Texas School Safety Center; and
220	220	(B) unless a district employee conducts the
221	221	audit, engage [or] a person approved by the commissioner and
222	222	included in the registry established by the Texas School Safety
223	223	Center under Section 37.2091 to conduct the audit; and
224	224	(2) a public junior college district shall, to the
225	225	extent possible, follow safety and security audit procedures
226	226	developed by the Texas School Safety Center or a person included in
227	227	the registry established by the Texas School Safety Center under
228	228	Section 37.2091.
229	229	(c) A school district or public junior college district
230	230	shall report the results of the safety and security audit conducted
231	231	under Subsection (b) to the district's board of trustees and, in the
232	232	manner required by the Texas School Safety Center, to the Texas
233	233	School Safety Center. Additionally, a school district shall report
234	234	the results of the audit to the agency. The report provided to the
235	235	Texas School Safety Center and, if applicable, to the agency under
236	236	this subsection must be signed by:
237	237	(1) for a school district, the district's board of
238	238	trustees and superintendent; or
239	239	(2) for a public junior college district, the
240	240	president of the junior college district.
241	241	(h) The commissioner, in consultation with the Texas School
242	242	Safety Center, shall adopt rules regarding requirements for school
243	243	district:
244	244	(1) multihazard emergency operations plans; and
245	245	(2) safety and security audits.
246	246	SECTION 9. Subchapter C, Chapter 37, Education Code, is
247	247	amended by adding Section 37.088 to read as follows:
248	248	Sec. 37.088. CLASSROOM SAFETY REVIEW AND REFERRAL PROGRAM.
249	249	(a) If, after an investigation is completed, the principal of a
250	250	public primary or secondary school has reasonable grounds to
251	251	believe that a student engaged in violent criminal conduct,
252	252	including assaultive conduct, the principal shall:
253	253	(1) refer the student to the classroom safety review
254	254	committee established under Subsection (b); or
255	255	(2) make a report to any school district police
256	256	department, if applicable, or the police department of the
257	257	municipality in which the school is located or, if the school is not
258	258	in a municipality, the sheriff of the county in which the school is
259	259	located.
260	260	(b) Before the beginning of each school year, a public
261	261	primary or secondary school shall establish a classroom safety
262	262	review committee that consists of five classroom teachers who are
263	263	selected from all classroom teachers employed by the school through
264	264	a nomination and election process, as determined by the school.
265	265	(c) If a student is referred to the classroom safety review
266	266	committee under Subsection (a)(1), the committee shall review all
267	267	electronic, written, and verbal evidence or testimony or video
268	268	provided to the committee and interview any eyewitnesses. After
269	269	review, the committee shall, by majority vote, refer the student
270	270	to:
271	271	(1) a person designated by the school as the juvenile
272	272	diversion administrator under Subsection (d); or
273	273	(2) the classroom safety referral board established
274	274	under Subsection (e).
275	275	(d) A public primary or secondary school shall designate a
276	276	person as the juvenile diversion administrator for the school. If
277	277	the classroom safety review committee refers a student to the
278	278	juvenile diversion administrator under Subsection (c)(1), the
279	279	juvenile diversion administrator shall:
280	280	(1) require the student to perform a certain number of
281	281	hours of community service;
282	282	(2) require the student to participate in tutoring; or
283	283	(3) make a determination that the student is not
284	284	required to take any additional actions.
285	285	(e) A public primary or secondary school shall establish a
286	286	classroom safety referral board that consists of:
287	287	(1) two teachers who serve on the classroom safety
288	288	review committee;
289	289	(2) an assistant district attorney of the county in
290	290	which the school is located;
291	291	(3) an investigator from the sheriff's office in the
292	292	county in which the school is located; and
293	293	(4) a parent of a student enrolled at the school
294	294	selected by the board of trustees of the school district.
295	295	(f) If the classroom safety review committee refers a
296	296	student to the classroom safety referral board, the board shall
297	297	review all electronic, written, and verbal evidence or testimony or
298	298	video provided to the board and may hear new testimony from the
299	299	student or an eyewitness of the conduct. After review, the board, by
300	300	majority vote, shall:
301	301	(1) report the student's conduct to the local law
302	302	enforcement agency; or
303	303	(2) refer the student to the juvenile diversion
304	304	administrator under Subsection (d).
305	305	(g) Materials and information provided to or produced by the
306	306	classroom safety review committee or the classroom safety referral
307	307	board during a student review under this section must be maintained
308	308	in the student's school record until the student's 24th birthday.
309	309	(h) A person commits an offense if the person destroys
310	310	material or information described by Subsection (g) before the
311	311	period of maintenance required under that subsection has expired.
312	312	An offense under this subsection is a Class A misdemeanor.
313	313	(i) If an educator commits an offense under Subsection (h),
314	314	the educator may be subject to termination or suspension of the
315	315	educator's contract.
316	316	(j) Any testimony provided by an educator to the classroom
317	317	safety review committee or the classroom safety referral board
318	318	under this section is confidential and may not be disclosed to any
319	319	other person.
320	320	SECTION 10. Subchapter D, Chapter 37, Education Code, is
321	321	amended by adding Sections 37.1083 and 37.1084 to read as follows:
322	322	Sec. 37.1083. AGENCY MONITORING OF SCHOOL DISTRICT SAFETY
323	323	AND SECURITY REQUIREMENTS. (a) The agency shall monitor the
324	324	implementation and operation of requirements related to school
325	325	district safety and security, including school district:
326	326	(1) multihazard emergency operations plans; and
327	327	(2) safety and security audits.
328	328	(b) The agency shall establish an office of school safety
329	329	and security within the agency to coordinate the agency's
330	330	monitoring of school district safety and security requirements
331	331	under this section. The director of the office is appointed by the
332	332	governor and must report directly to the commissioner.
333	333	(c) The agency shall provide technical assistance to school
334	334	districts to support the implementation and operation of safety and
335	335	security requirements, including the preparation of multihazard
336	336	emergency operations plans and performance of safety and security
337	337	audits.
338	338	(d) The agency may engage or require a school district to
339	339	engage a third party as necessary to enable the agency to monitor
340	340	the implementation and operation of school district safety and
341	341	security requirements under this section.
342	342	(e) The commissioner may take appropriate action under
343	343	Chapter 39A, including the assignment of a conservator or the
344	344	appointment of a board of managers, if a school district fails to:
345	345	(1) submit to the required monitoring under this
346	346	section;
347	347	(2) comply with applicable safety and security
348	348	requirements; or
349	349	(3) address in a reasonable time period, as determined
350	350	by commissioner rule, issues raised by the monitoring of the
351	351	district under this section.
352	352	(f) The agency, or if approved by the agency, the Texas
353	353	School Safety Center, may identify, develop, and make available to
354	354	school districts information to assist districts in the
355	355	implementation and operation of safety and security requirements,
356	356	including relevant:
357	357	(1) guidelines;
358	358	(2) techniques;
359	359	(3) blueprints;
360	360	(4) best practices; and
361	361	(5) procedures.
362	362	(g) The agency, the Texas School Safety Center, and school
363	363	districts may share information described by Subsection (f) with
364	364	one another.
365	365	(h) The agency may require a school district to submit
366	366	information necessary for the agency to monitor the implementation
367	367	and operation of school district safety and security requirements
368	368	under this section, including:
369	369	(1) notice of an event requiring a district's
370	370	emergency response; and
371	371	(2) information regarding the district's response and
372	372	use of emergency operations procedures during an event described by
373	373	Subdivision (1).
374	374	(i) The agency may review school district records as
375	375	necessary to ensure compliance with this subchapter and Subchapter
376	376	G.
377	377	(j) Any document or information collected, identified,
378	378	developed, or produced relating to the monitoring of school
379	379	district safety and security requirements under this section is
380	380	confidential under Sections 418.177 and 418.181, Government Code,
381	381	and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
382	382	(k) The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to
383	383	administer this section.
384	384	Sec. 37.1084. REGIONAL SCHOOL SAFETY REVIEW TEAMS. (a) In
385	385	this section:
386	386	(1) "Office" means the office of school safety and
387	387	security established under Section 37.1083.
388	388	(2) "Team" means a school safety review team
389	389	established under this section.
390	390	(b) The office shall establish a school safety review team
391	391	in each region served by a regional education service center. A team
392	392	shall twice annually conduct on-site vulnerability assessments of
393	393	each school district campus in the team's region. In conducting a
394	394	vulnerability assessment, a team must:
395	395	(1) use a rubric developed by the office in
396	396	consultation with the Texas School Safety Center;
397	397	(2) not later than the seventh day before the date of a
398	398	scheduled assessment, notify the superintendent of the school
399	399	district in which the campus being assessed is located; and
400	400	(3) on completion of the assessment, provide to the
401	401	superintendent and school safety and security committee
402	402	established under Section 37.109 for the school district in which
403	403	the campus is located a report on the results of the assessment that
404	404	includes recommendations to address any deficiencies in campus
405	405	security identified by the team.
406	406	(c) A regional education service center shall provide
407	407	support as necessary to assist the region's team in conducting
408	408	on-site vulnerability assessments under this section.
409	409	(d) A report produced by a team under this section is
410	410	confidential and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552,
411	411	Government Code.
412	412	SECTION 11. Section 37.2071, Education Code, is amended by
413	413	amending Subsections (a), (c), and (e) and adding Subsections (b-1)
414	414	and (e-1) to read as follows:
415	415	(a) The center shall establish a random or need-based cycle
416	416	for the center's review and verification of school district and
417	417	public junior college district multihazard emergency operations
418	418	plans adopted under Section 37.108. The cycle must:
419	419	(1) provide for each district's plan to be reviewed at
420	420	regular intervals as determined by the center; and
421	421	(2) if applicable to a school district's plan, be
422	422	approved by the agency.
423	423	(b-1) The center shall share with the agency a copy of each
424	424	school district multihazard emergency operations plan submitted
425	425	under Subsection (b) and any other information requested by the
426	426	agency regarding the review of a school district's multihazard
427	427	emergency operations plan.
428	428	(c) The center, or for a school district, the center and the
429	429	agency, shall review each district's multihazard emergency
430	430	operations plan submitted under Subsection (b) and:
431	431	(1) verify the plan meets the requirements of Section
432	432	37.108; or
433	433	(2) provide the district with written notice:
434	434	(A) describing the plan's deficiencies;
435	435	(B) including specific recommendations to
436	436	correct the deficiencies; and
437	437	(C) [(B)] stating that the district must correct
438	438	the deficiencies in its plan and resubmit the revised plan to the
439	439	center.
440	440	(e) The center, or for a school district, the center and the
441	441	agency, may approve a district multihazard emergency operations
442	442	plan that has deficiencies if the district submits a revised plan
443	443	that the center or the center and the agency, if applicable,
444	444	determines will correct the deficiencies.
445	445	(e-1) A school district multihazard emergency operations
446	446	plan may not be verified or approved under this section without the
447	447	agency's approval.
448	448	SECTION 12. Section 37.2091, Education Code, is amended by
449	449	adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
450	450	(b-1) The center must receive approval from the agency
451	451	before adding to the registry a person providing school safety or
452	452	security consulting services to school districts.
453	453	SECTION 13. Section 48.115, Education Code, is amended by
454	454	amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to
455	455	read as follows:
456	456	(a) A [From funds appropriated for that purpose, the
457	457	commissioner shall provide to a] school district is entitled to an
458	458	annual allotment equal to the sum of the following amounts or a
459	459	greater [in the] amount provided by appropriation:
460	460	(1) $10 for each student in average daily attendance,
461	461	plus $1 for each student in average daily attendance per every $50
462	462	by which the district's maximum basic allotment under Section
463	463	48.051 exceeds $6,160, prorated as necessary; and
464	464	(2) $15,000 per campus.
465	465	(b) Funds allocated under this section must be used to
466	466	improve school safety and security, including costs associated
467	467	with:
468	468	(1) securing school facilities, including:
469	469	(A) improvements to school infrastructure;
470	470	(B) the use or installation of physical barriers;
471	471	and
472	472	(C) the purchase and maintenance of:
473	473	(i) security cameras or other security
474	474	equipment; and
475	475	(ii) technology, including communications
476	476	systems or devices, that facilitates communication and information
477	477	sharing between students, school personnel, and first responders in
478	478	an emergency;
479	479	(2) providing security for the district, including:
480	480	(A) employing school district peace officers,
481	481	private security officers, and school marshals; and
482	482	(B) collaborating with local law enforcement
483	483	agencies, such as entering into a memorandum of understanding for
484	484	the assignment of school resource officers to schools in the
485	485	district;
486	486	(3) school safety and security measures [training and
487	487	planning], including:
488	488	(A) active shooter and emergency response
489	489	training;
490	490	(B) prevention and treatment programs relating
491	491	to addressing adverse childhood experiences; and
492	492	(C) the prevention, identification, and
493	493	management of emergencies and threats, using evidence-based,
494	494	effective prevention practices and including:
495	495	(i) providing licensed counselors, social
496	496	workers, and individuals trained in restorative discipline and
497	497	restorative justice practices;
498	498	(ii) providing mental health personnel and
499	499	support;
500	500	(iii) providing behavioral health
501	501	services;
502	502	(iv) establishing threat reporting
503	503	systems; and
504	504	(v) developing and implementing programs
505	505	focused on restorative justice practices, culturally relevant
506	506	instruction, and providing mental health support; and
507	507	(4) providing programs related to suicide prevention,
508	508	intervention, and postvention.
509	509	(b-1) The agency may designate certain technologies that a
510	510	school district, in using funds allocated under this section, may
511	511	purchase only from a vendor approved by the agency.
512	512	SECTION 14. Section 65.003(a), Family Code, is amended to
513	513	read as follows:
514	514	(a) A child engages in truant conduct if the child is
515	515	required to attend school under Section 25.085, Education Code, and
516	516	fails to attend school on six [10] or more days or parts of days
517	517	within an eight-week [a six month] period in the same school year.
518	518	SECTION 15. (a) As soon as practicable after the effective
519	519	date of this Act, the Texas Education Agency shall establish the
520	520	office of school safety and security and the governor shall appoint
521	521	the director of that office as required by Section 37.1083,
522	522	Education Code, as added by this Act.
523	523	(b) As soon as practicable after the office of school safety
524	524	and security has been established, the office shall establish
525	525	school safety review teams in each region served by a regional
526	526	education service center as required by Section 37.1084, Education
527	527	Code, as added by this Act.
528	528	SECTION 16. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
529	529	over another Act of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025,
530	530	relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
531	531	codes.
532	532	SECTION 17. Sections 7.028, 25.095, and 25.0951, Education
533	533	Code, as amended by this Act, Chapter 37, Education Code, as amended
534	534	by this Act, and Section 65.003, Family Code, as amended by this
535	535	Act, apply beginning with the 2025-2026 school year.
536	536	SECTION 18. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of
537	537	this section, this Act takes effect immediately if it receives a
538	538	vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
539	539	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
540	540	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
541	541	Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
542	542	(b) Section 48.115, Education Code, as amended by this Act,
543	543	takes effect September 1, 2025.