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  | By: Nichols, et al. | S.B. No. 11 |
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  | (King of Hemphill) | |
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  | Substitute the following for S.B. No. 11:  No. |
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relating to measures for ensuring safety and security in public | ||
schools, including measures related to the health and safety of | ||
public school students and active shooter training for certain | ||
peace officers. | ||
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
       SECTION 1.  Section 7.028(a), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
       (a)  Except as provided by Section 21.006(k), 22.093(l), | ||
22.096, 28.006, 29.001(5), 29.010(a), 33.006(h), 37.1083, 38.003, | ||
or 39.003, the agency may monitor compliance with requirements | ||
applicable to a process or program provided by a school district, | ||
campus, program, or school granted charters under Chapter 12, | ||
including the process described by Subchapter F, Chapter 11, or a | ||
program described by Subchapter B, C, D, E, F, H, or I, Chapter 29, | ||
or Subchapter A, Chapter 37, only as necessary to ensure: | ||
             (1)  compliance with federal law and regulations; | ||
             (2)  financial accountability, including compliance | ||
with grant requirements; | ||
             (3)  data integrity for purposes of: | ||
                   (A)  the Public Education Information Management | ||
System (PEIMS); and | ||
                   (B)  accountability under Chapters 39 and 39A; and | ||
             (4)  qualification for funding under Chapter 48. | ||
       SECTION 2.  Sections 7.061(b) and (c), Education Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
       (b)  The commissioner shall adopt or amend rules as necessary | ||
to ensure that facilities [ |
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facilities and other school district and open-enrollment charter | ||
school facilities, including construction quality, performance, | ||
operational, and other standards related to the safety and security | ||
of school facilities, provide a secure and safe environment.  In | ||
adopting or amending rules under this section, the commissioner | ||
shall include the use of best practices for: | ||
             (1)  the design and construction of new facilities; and | ||
             (2)  the improvement, renovation, and retrofitting of | ||
existing facilities. | ||
       (c)  Not later than September 1 of each even-numbered year, | ||
the commissioner shall review all rules adopted or amended under | ||
this section and amend the rules as necessary to ensure that | ||
facilities [ |
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open-enrollment charter school facilities continue to provide a | ||
secure and safe environment. In reviewing and amending the rules, | ||
the commissioner shall: | ||
             (1)  in consultation with the Texas School Safety | ||
Center, identify and adopt any changes recommended under Section | ||
37.221; and | ||
             (2)  require that new and, to the extent feasible, | ||
existing school facilities meet or exceed the standards established | ||
by rule under this section and described by Section 37.351. | ||
       SECTION 3.  Subchapter B, Chapter 8, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 8.064 to read as follows: | ||
       Sec. 8.064.  SCHOOL SAFETY SUPPORT. A regional education | ||
service center shall act as a school safety resource, using | ||
materials and resources developed by the Texas School Safety Center | ||
or the agency in accordance with Chapter 37, for school districts | ||
and open-enrollment charter schools in the region served by the | ||
center.  The center may assist a school district or open-enrollment | ||
charter school directly or in collaboration with the Texas School | ||
Safety Center and local law enforcement agencies, as applicable: | ||
             (1)  in developing and implementing a multihazard | ||
emergency operations plan under Section 37.108; | ||
             (2)  in establishing a school safety and security | ||
committee under Section 37.109; | ||
             (3)  in conducting emergency school drills and | ||
exercises; | ||
             (4)  in addressing deficiencies in campus security | ||
identified by an on-site audit conducted by the agency under | ||
Section 37.1083; and | ||
             (5)  by providing guidance on any other matter relating Statutes affected: Introduced: Education Code 7.028, Education Code 25.002, Education Code 25.036, Education Code 25.095, Education Code 65.003, Education Code 37.2071, Education Code 37.2091, Education Code 48.115, Family Code 65.003 (Family Code 65, Education Code 65, Education Code 37, Education Code 7, Education Code 25, Education Code 48) Senate Committee Report: Education Code 7.028, Education Code 25.002, Education Code 25.036, Education Code 25.095, Education Code 65.003, Education Code 37.1081, Education Code 37.2071, Education Code 37.2091, Education Code 48.115, Family Code 65.003, Occupations Code 1701.253, Subchapter F, Chapter , Occupations Code 37.0812 (Family Code 65, Education Code 65, Education Code 37, Education Code 7, Education Code 25, Subchapter F, Chapter , Occupations Code 37, Education Code 48, Occupations Code 1701) Engrossed: Education Code 7.028, Education Code 25.002, Education Code 25.036, Education Code 25.095, Education Code 65.003, Education Code 37.1081, Education Code 37.2071, Education Code 37.2091, Education Code 48.115, Family Code 65.003, Occupations Code 1701.253, Subchapter F, Chapter , Occupations Code 37.0812 (Family Code 65, Education Code 65, Education Code 37, Education Code 7, Education Code 25, Subchapter F, Chapter , Occupations Code 37, Education Code 48, Occupations Code 1701) House Committee Report: Education Code 7.028, Education Code 7.061, Education Code 11.201, Education Code 25.002, Education Code 25.036, Education Code 29.202, Education Code 37.081, Education Code 37.0812, Education Code 37.108, Education Code 37.1081, Education Code 37.1082, Education Code 37.115, Education Code 37.2071, Education Code 37.2091, Education Code 38.022, Education Code 38.351, Education Code 48.115, Occupations Code 1701.253, Subchapter F, Chapter , Occupations Code 37.0812 (Family Code 65, Education Code 11, Education Code 65, Education Code 37, Education Code 7, Education Code 29, Education Code 38 |