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Senate Bill 386 |
Senate Author: Taylor, Van et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-15 |
House Sponsor: Villalba |
Senate Bill 386 amends the Education Code to authorize the governing board of a public junior college certified by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to appoint one or more school marshals and authorizes the governing board to select as an applicant for appointment as school marshal an employee who has completed the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE) training program and has been issued a license to carry a concealed handgun by TCOLE. The bill authorizes such an appointed school marshal to carry or possess a handgun on the physical premises of such a public junior college campus in the manner provided by written regulations adopted by the governing board and at a campus specified by the governing board and sets out requirements for the governing board's written regulations. The bill authorizes a school marshal to access a handgun only under circumstances that would justify the use of deadly force under specified Penal Code provisions. Among other provisions, the bill specifies that the school marshal's identity is confidential, with certain exceptions, and not subject to a request under state public information law but requires the governing board of the public junior college to provide the parent or guardian of a student enrolled at the college, if the parent or guardian inquires in writing, a written notice of whether any employee of the public junior college is currently appointed a school marshal. In addition, the bill amends the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Occupations Code to make conforming changes.