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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to establishing a committee to develop school safety and |
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security rules and standards for newly constructed school |
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facilities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 7.061, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: |
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(b-1) In adopting or amending rules under Subsection (b), |
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the commissioner shall incorporate the new school facility safety |
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and security rules and standards developed under Section 7.0615. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 7, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 7.0615 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 7.0615. NEW SCHOOL FACILITY SAFETY AND SECURITY RULES |
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AND STANDARDS. (a) The commissioner, in collaboration with the |
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Texas School Safety Center, shall establish a committee to develop |
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rules and standards for required school safety and security |
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features for newly constructed school district and open-enrollment |
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charter school facilities. |
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(b) Any school district or open-enrollment charter school |
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facility for which construction commences on or after January 1, |
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2024, must comply with the rules and standards developed by the |
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committee under this section. |
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(c) The agency shall publish the rules and standards |
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developed under this section on the agency's Internet website. |
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SECTION 3. (a) Not later than October 1, 2023, the |
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commissioner of the Texas Education Agency, in collaboration with |
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the Texas School Safety Center, shall establish the committee |
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required under Section 7.0615, Education Code, as added by this |
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Act. |
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(b) Not later than December 1, 2023, the Texas Education |
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Agency shall publish on its Internet website the rules and |
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standards developed under Section 7.0615, Education Code, as added |
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by this Act. |
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SECTION 4. 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. |