89R15805 JDK-D
By: Menéndez S.B. No. 2467
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a study by the Texas School Safety Center on public
school emergency response maps.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 37.117, Education Code, as added by
Chapter 896 (H.B. 3), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2023, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 37.117. EMERGENCY RESPONSE MAP AND WALK-THROUGH. Each
school district and open-enrollment charter school shall provide to
the Department of Public Safety, the Texas School Safety Center,
and all appropriate local law enforcement agencies and emergency
first responders:
(1) an accurate map of each district campus and school
building that is developed and documented in accordance with the
standards described by Section 37.351 related to developing site
and floor plans, access control, and exterior door numbering; and
(2) an opportunity to conduct a walk-through of each
district campus and school building using the map described by
Subdivision (1).
SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 37, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 37.1171 to read as follows:
Sec. 37.1171. EMERGENCY RESPONSE MAP STUDY. (a) In this
section, "center" means the Texas School Safety Center.
(b) The center shall conduct a study of the emergency
response maps submitted to the center by a school district or
open-enrollment charter school under Section 37.117. In conducting
the study, the center shall:
(1) review the types of maps received, including
analyzing any variances in complexity or consistency of the maps;
(2) identify the mapping options available for an
emergency response map;
(3) identify the information an emergency response map
should include;
(4) analyze the costs associated with creating an
emergency response map based on the complexity of the map; and
(5) consider input from school districts,
open-enrollment charter schools, law enforcement agencies, and
specialists in geospatial mapping techniques on the aspects of the
maps that require improvement or standardization across school
districts and open-enrollment charter schools.
(c) Not later than September 1, 2026, the center shall
prepare and submit to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of
the house of representatives, and standing legislative committees
with primary jurisdiction over primary and secondary education a
written report on the results of the study and any recommendations
for legislative or other action.
(d) This section expires September 1, 2027.
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, 2025.