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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a requirement that school districts and open-enrollment |
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charter schools use metal detectors on each campus. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 37, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 37.111 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 37.111. REQUIRED METAL DETECTORS. At each school |
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building located on a campus in which students attend class or |
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school-sponsored activities, a school district or open-enrollment |
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charter school shall screen persons entering the building for |
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weapons by installing a walk-through metal detector or using a |
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handheld metal detector at each entrance to the building that is |
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accessible from the outside. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |