89R1113 JCG-D
By: Dorazio H.B. No. 1064
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the provision of private security services at a public
primary or secondary school; requiring an occupational license.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 37.081(a), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) The board of trustees of any school district may:
(1) employ or contract with security personnel;
(2) enter into a memorandum of understanding with a
local law enforcement agency or a county or municipality that is the
employing political subdivision of commissioned peace officers for
the provision of school resource officers;
(3) for the purposes of providing security personnel,
contract with a security services contractor licensed under Chapter
1702, Occupations Code, for the provision of a school security
officer licensed under Subchapter I-1, Chapter 1702, Occupations
Code [commissioned security officer, as defined by Section
1702.002, Occupations Code, who has completed the Level II or III
training course required by the Department of Public Safety]; and
(4) commission peace officers to carry out this
subchapter.
SECTION 2. Section 37.0814(d), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(d) The board of trustees of a school district that claims a
good cause exception under Subsection (c) must develop an
alternative standard with which the district is able to comply,
which may include providing a person to act as a security officer
who is:
(1) a school security officer licensed under
Subchapter I-1, Chapter 1702, Occupations Code;
(2) a school marshal; or
(3) [(2)] a school district employee [or a person with
whom the district contracts] who:
(A) has completed school safety training
provided by a qualified handgun instructor certified in school
safety under Section 411.1901, Government Code; and
(B) carries a handgun on school premises in
accordance with written regulations or written authorization of the
district under Section 46.03(a)(1)(A), Penal Code.
SECTION 3. Subchapter C, Chapter 96, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 96.42 to read as follows:
Sec. 96.42. CERTAIN REQUIRED TRAINING PROVIDED BY ADVANCED
LAW ENFORCEMENT RAPID RESPONSE TRAINING CENTER. The Advanced Law
Enforcement Rapid Response Training Center at Texas State
University--San Marcos shall permit a person who applies for a
school security officer license under Section 1702.213,
Occupations Code, to enroll in the Solo Officer Rapid Deployment
and the Level I training courses offered by the center, or in a
substantially similar course offered by the center, in the same
manner as the center permits a peace officer to enroll in the
course.
SECTION 4. Chapter 1702, Occupations Code, is amended by
adding Subchapter I-1 to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER I-1. SCHOOL SECURITY OFFICER
Sec. 1702.211. SCHOOL SECURITY OFFICER LICENSE REQUIRED.
An individual may not act as a school security officer unless the
individual holds a school security officer license.
Sec. 1702.212. SCHOOL SECURITY OFFICER. An individual acts
as a school security officer if the individual is employed by or
contracted through a company licensed under this chapter to provide
services described by Section 1702.202 or 1702.222 on the premises
of a public primary or secondary school.
Sec. 1702.213. APPLICATION; LICENSE QUALIFICATIONS. (a)
An applicant for a school security officer license must submit a
written application on a form prescribed by the commission.
(b) An applicant for a school security officer license must
provide proof that the applicant:
(1) has been issued a security officer commission or a
personal protection officer license;
(2) is employed at the time of application by a
security services contractor licensed by the department; and
(3) has completed:
(A) the training course described by Section
96.42, Education Code;
(B) the training required for a school district
peace officer or a school resource officer under Section 1701.263;
and
(C) the training described by Section 1702.214.
Sec. 1702.214. SCHOOL SECURITY OFFICER TRAINING. The
commission shall establish the minimum curriculum requirements for
a school-based security response course and establish minimum
qualifications for instructors to provide the training.
Sec. 1702.215. CONTINUING EDUCATION; RENEWAL. The
commission shall establish minimum continuing education
requirements for a school security officer license. The
requirements must include the training content and frequency
required for a school district peace officer or school resource
officer under Section 37.0812(a), Education Code.
Sec. 1702.216. ENROLLMENT IN TRAINING COURSE REQUIRED. The
provider of a training course required for the issuance or renewal
of a school security officer license shall permit a person to enroll
in the course if the person has applied for the issuance or renewal
of the license.
SECTION 5. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this
section, this Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
(b) Section 1702.211, Occupations Code, as added by this
Act, takes effect September 1, 2026.