Bill Text: TX HB2655 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to an active shooter emergency protocol for public school districts and required active shooter response training for school district peace officers and school resource officers.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 29-19)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-10 - Referred to Education [HB2655 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB2655-Introduced.html

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86R10180 TSS-D
By: Rosenthal H.B. No. 2655

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an active shooter emergency protocol for public school
districts and required active shooter training for school district
peace officers and school resource officers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 37.108, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (f) and (g) to read as follows:
(f) A school district shall include in its multihazard
emergency operations plan protocol for responding to an active
shooter emergency in a district facility. The protocol must
provide for school drills and exercises to prepare for an active
shooter emergency as part of the mandatory school drills and
exercises under Subsection (a)(2).
(g) The commissioner shall adopt rules providing the number
and content of mandatory school drills required under Subsection
(f). In adopting rules under this subsection, the commissioner
shall consult with a public institution of higher education that
provides active shooter response training.
SECTION 2. Section 37.0812, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 37.0812. TRAINING POLICY: SCHOOL DISTRICT PEACE
OFFICERS AND SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS. (a) A school district that
commissions a school district peace officer or at which a school
resource officer provides law enforcement shall adopt a policy
requiring the officer to complete an active shooter response
training program approved by the commissioner. The commissioner
may approve an active shooter response training program provided by
a public institution of higher education for purposes of this
subsection.
(b) A school district with an enrollment of 30,000 or more
students that commissions a school district peace officer or at
which a school resource officer provides law enforcement shall
adopt a policy requiring the officer to complete the education and
training program required by Section 1701.263, Occupations Code.
SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the commissioner of education shall adopt the rules
required by Section 37.108(g), Education Code, as added by this
Act.
SECTION 4. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the commissioner of education shall approve an active
shooter response training program that satisfies the requirement
for a policy adopted under Section 37.0812, Education Code, as
amended by this Act.
SECTION 5. (a) Not later than October 1, 2019, a school
district shall adopt the training policy for school district peace
officers and school resource officers required by Section 37.0812,
Education Code, as amended by this Act.
(b) A school district peace officer or school resource
officer who begins employment with or begins providing law
enforcement at a school district on a date occurring before
September 1, 2019, shall complete the training required by Section
37.0812, Education Code, as amended by this Act, as soon as
practicable after the effective date of this Act but not later than
August 31, 2020.
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.