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            H.B. No. 3
         
               AN ACT
            
            relating to measures for ensuring public school safety, including 
         
            the development and implementation of purchases relating to and 
         
            funding for public school safety and security requirements and the 
         
            provision of safety-related resources.
         
                   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, 37.1084,
         
            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 [building] standards for new and existing
         
            instructional 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 [building] standards for school district and 
         
            open-enrollment charter school facilities continue to provide a 
         
            secure and safe environment.  The commissioner shall, in 
         
            consultation with the Texas School Safety Center, identify and 
         
            adopt any changes recommended under Section 37.221.
         
                   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)  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 a school safety review team under Section 37.1084; 
         
            and
         
                         (5)  by providing guidance on any other matter relating 
         
            to school safety and security.
         
                   (b)  A regional education service center:
         
                         (1)  shall provide assistance as necessary to the 
         
            region's school safety review team established under Section 
         
            37.1084; and
         
                         (2)  may provide assistance as necessary to school 
         
Statutes affected: 
Introduced: Education Code 7.028, Education Code 7.061, Education Code 46.03, Education Code 37.2071, Education Code 37.2091, Education Code 48.115 (Education Code 48, Education Code 46, Education Code 37, Education Code 7)
House Committee Report: Education Code 7.028, Education Code 7.061, Education Code 11.201, Education Code 29.202, Education Code 37.108, Education Code 37.1081, Education Code 37.2071, Education Code 37.2091, Education Code 48.115 (Education Code 11, Education Code 7, Education Code 46, Education Code 48, Education Code 37, Education Code 29)
Engrossed: Education Code 7.028, Education Code 7.061, Education Code 11.201, Education Code 29.202, Education Code 37.081, 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 48.115 (Education Code 11, Education Code 7, Education Code 46, Education Code 48, Education Code 37, Education Code 29)
Senate Committee Report: Education Code 7.028, Education Code 25.002, Education Code 25.036, Education Code 37.081, Education Code 37.0812, Education Code 37.108, Education Code 37.1081, Education Code 37.115, Education Code 37.2071, Education Code 37.2091, Education Code 38.022, Education Code 48.115 (Education Code 11, Education Code 25, Education Code 38, Education Code 7, Education Code 46, Education Code 48, Education Code 37, Education Code 29)
Enrolled: Education Code 7.028, Education Code 7.061, Education Code 25.002, Education Code 25.036, Education Code 37.081, Education Code 37.0812, Education Code 37.108, Education Code 37.1081, Education Code 37.115, Education Code 37.2071, Education Code 37.2091, Education Code 38.022, Education Code 48.115 (Education Code 11, Education Code 25, Education Code 38, Education Code 7, Education Code 46, Education Code 48, Education Code 37, Education Code 29)




	AN ACT
	relating to measures for ensuring public school safety, including
	the development and implementation of purchases relating to and
	funding for public school safety and security requirements and the
	provision of safety-related resources.
	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, 37.1084,
	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 [~~building~~] standards for new and existing
	instructional 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 [~~building~~] standards for school district and
	open-enrollment charter school facilities continue to provide a
	secure and safe environment. The commissioner shall, in
	consultation with the Texas School Safety Center, identify and
	adopt any changes recommended under Section 37.221.
	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) 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 a school safety review team under Section 37.1084;
	and
	(5) by providing guidance on any other matter relating
	to school safety and security.
	(b) A regional education service center:
	(1) shall provide assistance as necessary to the
	region's school safety review team established under Section
	37.1084; and
	(2) may provide assistance as necessary to school
Statutes affected: Introduced: Education Code 7.028, Education Code 7.061, Education Code 46.03, Education Code 37.2071, Education Code 37.2091, Education Code 48.115 (Education Code 48, Education Code 46, Education Code 37, Education Code 7) House Committee Report: Education Code 7.028, Education Code 7.061, Education Code 11.201, Education Code 29.202, Education Code 37.108, Education Code 37.1081, Education Code 37.2071, Education Code 37.2091, Education Code 48.115 (Education Code 11, Education Code 7, Education Code 46, Education Code 48, Education Code 37, Education Code 29) Engrossed: Education Code 7.028, Education Code 7.061, Education Code 11.201, Education Code 29.202, Education Code 37.081, 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 48.115 (Education Code 11, Education Code 7, Education Code 46, Education Code 48, Education Code 37, Education Code 29) Senate Committee Report: Education Code 7.028, Education Code 25.002, Education Code 25.036, Education Code 37.081, Education Code 37.0812, Education Code 37.108, Education Code 37.1081, Education Code 37.115, Education Code 37.2071, Education Code 37.2091, Education Code 38.022, Education Code 48.115 (Education Code 11, Education Code 25, Education Code 38, Education Code 7, Education Code 46, Education Code 48, Education Code 37, Education Code 29) Enrolled: Education Code 7.028, Education Code 7.061, Education Code 25.002, Education Code 25.036, Education Code 37.081, Education Code 37.0812, Education Code 37.108, Education Code 37.1081, Education Code 37.115, Education Code 37.2071, Education Code 37.2091, Education Code 38.022, Education Code 48.115 (Education Code 11, Education Code 25, Education Code 38, Education Code 7, Education Code 46, Education Code 48, Education Code 37, Education Code 29)