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      88(4) HB 2 - Engrossed version - Bill Text
      
		By:  King of Hemphill, Buckley, Ashby, Dutton,
            H.B.  No.  2
         
		        Walle, et al.
         
               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
            
               AN ACT
            
            relating to measures for ensuring safety and security in public 
         
            schools, including the establishment of a school safety grant 
         
            program and a school safety plan implementation grant program, and 
         
            the allocation of certain constitutional transfers of money to the 
         
            state school safety fund, the economic stabilization fund, and the 
         
            state highway fund.
         
                          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
                          SECTION  1.    Section 37.108(b-1), Education Code, is amended 
         
            to read as follows:
         
                          (b-1)    In a school district's safety and security audit 
         
            required under Subsection (b), the district must certify that the 
         
            district used all school safety-related state [the] funds provided 
         
            to the district [through the school safety allotment under Section 
         
            48.115] only for the purposes of improving the safety of schools in 
         
            the district [provided by that section].
         
                          SECTION  2.    Section 37.117(c), Education Code, as added by 
         
            Chapter 1 (S.B. 838), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular 
         
            Session, 2023, is amended to read as follows:
         
                          (c)    To comply with this section, a school district or 
         
            open-enrollment charter school may:
         
                                      (1)    use school safety-related state funds provided to 
         
            the district or school [through the school safety allotment under 
         
            Section 48.115 or other available funds]; and
         
                                      (2)    use the district's or school's customary 
         
            procurement process.
         
                          SECTION  3.    Subchapter D, Chapter 37, Education Code, is 
         
            amended by adding Section 37.1087 to read as follows:
         
                          Sec.  37.1087.    SCHOOL SAFETY GRANT PROGRAM.  (a)   In this 
         
            section:
         
                                      (1)    "Fund" means the state school safety fund 
         
            established under Section 7, Article VII, Texas Constitution.
         
                                      (2)    "Program" means the school safety grant program 
         
            established in this section.
         
                          (b)    The commissioner shall establish a school safety grant 
         
            program using proceeds of the fund to annually provide grants to 
         
            school districts and open-enrollment charter schools.
         
                          (c)    The commissioner may award grants each school year not 
         
            to exceed a total amount of $1.1 billion.
         
                          (d)    Except as provided by Subsection (f), the commissioner 
         
            shall award a school district or open-enrollment charter school a 
         
            grant under this section in an amount equal to the sum of:
         
                                      (1)    the total amount to which the district or school 
         
            would be entitled under Section 48.051, if the allotment under that 
         
            section was allotted for each student enrolled in the district or 
         
            school instead of for each student in average daily attendance, 
         
            multiplied by 0.01; and
         
                                      (2)    the sum of:
         
                                                  (A)    $50,000 for each district or school campus 
         
            with 500 or fewer enrolled students;
         
                                                  (B)    $100,000 for each district or school campus 
         
            with 501 to 1,000 enrolled students;
         
                                                  (C)    $150,000 for each district or school campus 
         
            with 1,001 to 1,500 enrolled students;
         
                                                  (D)    $175,000 for each district or school campus 
         
            with 1,501 to 2,000 enrolled students; and
         
                                                  (E)    $200,000 for each district or school campus 
         
            with more than 2,000 enrolled students.
         
                          (e)    A school district or open-enrollment charter school 
         
            campus that provides only virtual instruction or utilizes only 
         
            facilities not subject to the district's or school's control is not 
         
            included for purposes of determining the amount of the grant 
         
            awarded to the district or school under Subsection (d).
         
                          (f)    If the amount of grants calculated under Subsection (d) 
         
            exceeds $1.1 billion in a school year, the commissioner shall 
         
Statutes affected: 
Introduced: Education Code 37.354, Government Code 316.092, Government Code 316.093 (Education Code 37, Government Code 316)
House Committee Report: Education Code 37.354, Government Code 316.092, Government Code 316.093 (Education Code 37, Government Code 316)
Engrossed: Education Code 37.354, Government Code 316.092, Government Code 316.093 (Education Code 37, Government Code 316)



	By: King of Hemphill, Buckley, Ashby, Dutton,	H.B. No. 2
	Walle, et al.


	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to measures for ensuring safety and security in public
	schools, including the establishment of a school safety grant
	program and a school safety plan implementation grant program, and
	the allocation of certain constitutional transfers of money to the
	state school safety fund, the economic stabilization fund, and the
	state highway fund.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 37.108(b-1), Education Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(b-1) In a school district's safety and security audit
	required under Subsection (b), the district must certify that the
	district used all school safety-related state [~~the~~] funds provided
	to the district [~~through the school safety allotment under Section~~
	~~48.115~~] only for the purposes of improving the safety of schools in
	the district [~~provided by that section~~].
	SECTION 2. Section 37.117(c), Education Code, as added by
	Chapter 1 (S.B. 838), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular
	Session, 2023, is amended to read as follows:
	(c) To comply with this section, a school district or
	open-enrollment charter school may:
	(1) use school safety-related state funds provided to
	the district or school [~~through the school safety allotment under~~
	~~Section 48.115 or other available funds~~]; and
	(2) use the district's or school's customary
	procurement process.
	SECTION 3. Subchapter D, Chapter 37, Education Code, is
	amended by adding Section 37.1087 to read as follows:
	Sec. 37.1087. SCHOOL SAFETY GRANT PROGRAM. (a) In this
	section:
	(1) "Fund" means the state school safety fund
	established under Section 7, Article VII, Texas Constitution.
	(2) "Program" means the school safety grant program
	established in this section.
	(b) The commissioner shall establish a school safety grant
	program using proceeds of the fund to annually provide grants to
	school districts and open-enrollment charter schools.
	(c) The commissioner may award grants each school year not
	to exceed a total amount of $1.1 billion.
	(d) Except as provided by Subsection (f), the commissioner
	shall award a school district or open-enrollment charter school a
	grant under this section in an amount equal to the sum of:
	(1) the total amount to which the district or school
	would be entitled under Section 48.051, if the allotment under that
	section was allotted for each student enrolled in the district or
	school instead of for each student in average daily attendance,
	multiplied by 0.01; and
	(2) the sum of:
	(A) $50,000 for each district or school campus
	with 500 or fewer enrolled students;
	(B) $100,000 for each district or school campus
	with 501 to 1,000 enrolled students;
	(C) $150,000 for each district or school campus
	with 1,001 to 1,500 enrolled students;
	(D) $175,000 for each district or school campus
	with 1,501 to 2,000 enrolled students; and
	(E) $200,000 for each district or school campus
	with more than 2,000 enrolled students.
	(e) A school district or open-enrollment charter school
	campus that provides only virtual instruction or utilizes only
	facilities not subject to the district's or school's control is not
	included for purposes of determining the amount of the grant
	awarded to the district or school under Subsection (d).
	(f) If the amount of grants calculated under Subsection (d)
	exceeds $1.1 billion in a school year, the commissioner shall
Statutes affected: Introduced: Education Code 37.354, Government Code 316.092, Government Code 316.093 (Education Code 37, Government Code 316) House Committee Report: Education Code 37.354, Government Code 316.092, Government Code 316.093 (Education Code 37, Government Code 316) Engrossed: Education Code 37.354, Government Code 316.092, Government Code 316.093 (Education Code 37, Government Code 316)