Bill Amendment: TX HB13 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature

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Bill Title: Relating to training, preparedness, and funding for school safety and emergencies in public schools.

Status: 2023-05-02 - Referred to Education [HB13 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB13-House_Amendment_H_2_1-King_Ken.html

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Amend CSHB 13 (house committee printing) as follows:

(1)  On page 2, line 1, strike "GUARDIAN TRAINING" and substitute "SENTINEL PROGRAM, TRAINING,".

(2)  On page 2, line 11, between "(b)" and "The", insert the following:

A school district or open-enrollment charter school may establish a school sentinel program in accordance with this section for the purposes of school safety and security on school premises.

(3)  Strike "guardian" and substitute "sentinel" in each of the following places it appears:

(A)  On page 2, line 2;

(B)  On page 2, line 13;

(C)  On page 2, line 14;

(D)  On page 2, line 18; and

(E)  On page 3, line 2.

(4)  Strike page 7, lines 6 through 10, and substitute the following:

(c-2)  Subsection (c-1) does not apply to the provision of behavioral health services or programming.

(5)  Strike page 7, lines 11 through 26, and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill and cross-references to those SECTIONS accordingly.

(6)  Strike page 11, lines 3 and 4, and substitute the following:

(b)  Section 48.115, Education Code, as amended by this Act, takes effect September 1, 2023.