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Senate Bill 1707 |
Senate Author: Lucio |
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Effective: 6-2-19 |
House Sponsor: Allen |
Senate Bill 1707 amends the Education Code to authorize the board of trustees of any public school district or the governing board of the Texas School for the Deaf to enter into a memorandum of understanding with a local law enforcement agency for the provision of school resource officers. The bill requires the jurisdiction of a school resource officer to be determined in the same way as for district peace officers and security personnel.
Senate Bill 1707 requires a district board to determine the law enforcement duties of applicable officers and personnel, to coordinate with campus behavior coordinators and other district employees in doing so, and to include those duties in certain campus and district documents. The bill prohibits a district from assigning or requiring as part of those duties routine student discipline, school administrative tasks, or contact with students unrelated to law enforcement duties.