| 1 | 1 | | 89R15805 JDK-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Menéndez S.B. No. 2467 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to a study by the Texas School Safety Center on public |
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| 10 | 10 | | school emergency response maps. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 37.117, Education Code, as added by |
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| 13 | 13 | | Chapter 896 (H.B. 3), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular |
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| 14 | 14 | | Session, 2023, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | Sec. 37.117. EMERGENCY RESPONSE MAP AND WALK-THROUGH. Each |
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| 16 | 16 | | school district and open-enrollment charter school shall provide to |
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| 17 | 17 | | the Department of Public Safety, the Texas School Safety Center, |
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| 18 | 18 | | and all appropriate local law enforcement agencies and emergency |
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| 19 | 19 | | first responders: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (1) an accurate map of each district campus and school |
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| 21 | 21 | | building that is developed and documented in accordance with the |
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| 22 | 22 | | standards described by Section 37.351 related to developing site |
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| 23 | 23 | | and floor plans, access control, and exterior door numbering; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2) an opportunity to conduct a walk-through of each |
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| 25 | 25 | | district campus and school building using the map described by |
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| 26 | 26 | | Subdivision (1). |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 37, Education Code, is |
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| 28 | 28 | | amended by adding Section 37.1171 to read as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | Sec. 37.1171. EMERGENCY RESPONSE MAP STUDY. (a) In this |
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| 30 | 30 | | section, "center" means the Texas School Safety Center. |
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| 31 | 31 | | (b) The center shall conduct a study of the emergency |
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| 32 | 32 | | response maps submitted to the center by a school district or |
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| 33 | 33 | | open-enrollment charter school under Section 37.117. In conducting |
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| 34 | 34 | | the study, the center shall: |
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| 35 | 35 | | (1) review the types of maps received, including |
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| 36 | 36 | | analyzing any variances in complexity or consistency of the maps; |
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| 37 | 37 | | (2) identify the mapping options available for an |
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| 38 | 38 | | emergency response map; |
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| 39 | 39 | | (3) identify the information an emergency response map |
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| 40 | 40 | | should include; |
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| 41 | 41 | | (4) analyze the costs associated with creating an |
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| 42 | 42 | | emergency response map based on the complexity of the map; and |
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| 43 | 43 | | (5) consider input from school districts, |
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| 44 | 44 | | open-enrollment charter schools, law enforcement agencies, and |
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| 45 | 45 | | specialists in geospatial mapping techniques on the aspects of the |
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| 46 | 46 | | maps that require improvement or standardization across school |
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| 47 | 47 | | districts and open-enrollment charter schools. |
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| 48 | 48 | | (c) Not later than September 1, 2026, the center shall |
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| 49 | 49 | | prepare and submit to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of |
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| 50 | 50 | | the house of representatives, and standing legislative committees |
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| 51 | 51 | | with primary jurisdiction over primary and secondary education a |
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| 52 | 52 | | written report on the results of the study and any recommendations |
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| 53 | 53 | | for legislative or other action. |
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| 54 | 54 | | (d) This section expires September 1, 2027. |
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| 55 | 55 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 56 | 56 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 57 | 57 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 58 | 58 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 59 | 59 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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