Bill Text: TX SB683 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authorization by a school district or open-enrollment charter school for a person to carry or possess a weapon on school premises for purposes of safety and security.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-17 - Referred to State Affairs [SB683 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB683-Introduced.html
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| By: West | S.B. No. 683 | |
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| relating to the authorization by a school district or | ||
| open-enrollment charter school for a person to carry or possess a | ||
| weapon on school premises for purposes of safety and security. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 37, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 37.0814 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 37.0814. SCHOOL GUARDIANS. (a) In this section, | ||
| "school guardian" means a person who, pursuant to the written | ||
| regulations or written authorization of a school district or | ||
| open-enrollment charter school under Section 46.03(a)(1)(A), Penal | ||
| Code, is authorized to carry or possess a specified weapon for the | ||
| purpose of providing safety and security on the physical premises | ||
| of a school, any grounds or building on which an activity sponsored | ||
| by a school is being conducted, or a passenger transportation | ||
| vehicle of a school. | ||
| (b) A school district or open-enrollment charter school | ||
| that has adopted written regulations or written authorization | ||
| allowing for school guardians shall, not later than the third | ||
| business day after the date of adoption, provide written | ||
| notification of the district's or school's decision to use school | ||
| guardians to: | ||
| (1) the sheriff of each county in which a school | ||
| building is located; | ||
| (2) the police chief of each municipality in which a | ||
| school building is located; | ||
| (3) the public safety director of the Department of | ||
| Public Safety; and | ||
| (4) the commissioner of the agency. | ||
| (c) Not later than five business days before the date of | ||
| implementation of written regulations or written authorization | ||
| allowing for school guardians, a school district or open-enrollment | ||
| charter school shall provide to each entity described by Subsection | ||
| (b) a written notification that includes the following information: | ||
| (1) the identity of each school guardian; | ||
| (2) the campus at which each school guardian is | ||
| primarily located; | ||
| (3) the classroom or approximate location at which | ||
| each school guardian may be regularly found during the school day; | ||
| and | ||
| (4) the types of weapons, including the type of | ||
| caliber, that the district or school has authorized at district or | ||
| school campuses. | ||
| (d) Not later than five business days after a school | ||
| district or open-enrollment charter school makes changes to the | ||
| district's or school's written regulations or written authorization | ||
| allowing for school guardians, the district or school shall provide | ||
| to each entity described by Subsection (b) a written notification | ||
| of the changes to the regulations or authorization, including the | ||
| persons authorized as school guardians. | ||
| (e) A notification required under this section must be | ||
| provided: | ||
| (1) in person; | ||
| (2) by electronic means; or | ||
| (3) by certified mail, return receipt requested. | ||
| (f) Information reported under this section is confidential | ||
| and is not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government | ||
| Code, by a school district, an open-enrollment charter school, or | ||
| an entity described by Subsection (b). | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
