89R13150 RAL-D
By: Oliverson H.B. No. 4548
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to assessment and reporting requirements regarding safety
and security in public schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 37.1083, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (c), (g), and (h) and adding Subsection (h-1)
to read as follows:
(c) The agency shall, in coordination with the Texas School
Safety Center and relevant local law enforcement agencies, provide
technical assistance to school districts to support the
implementation and operation of safety and security requirements,
including providing resources that a school district may use for
reporting requirements imposed under this section.
(g) The agency may engage a third party as necessary to
enable the agency to monitor the implementation and operation of
school district safety and security requirements under this
section, including providing resources that a school district may
use for reporting requirements imposed under this section.
(h) The agency may require a school district to submit
information necessary for the agency to monitor the implementation
and operation of school district safety and security requirements
under this section, including:
(1) notice of an event requiring a district's
emergency response including the discovery of a firearm on a
campus; [and]
(2) information regarding the district's response and
use of emergency operations procedures during an event described by
Subdivision (1); and
(3) information related to:
(A) threat assessments conducted under Section
37.115;
(B) emergency management;
(C) vulnerability assessments conducted under
this section; and
(D) intruder detection audits conducted under
Section 37.1084.
(h-1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section,
the agency may not prescribe the manner in which a school district
submits information to the agency under this section.
SECTION 2. Section 37.115, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (k-1) to read as follows:
(k-1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section,
the agency may not prescribe the threat assessment materials or
instrument used under this section or the manner in which a team
must conduct a threat assessment under this section.
SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026
school year.
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, 2025.