By: West S.B. No. 213
73R3189 NSC-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to school crime reports and to model safe school
1-3 checklists.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. It is declared to be the public policy of this
1-6 state that public schools are to be considered sanctuaries of
1-7 safety and security for the children of the state and that efforts
1-8 of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of state
1-9 government are to be directed toward the fulfillment of this
1-10 policy.
1-11 SECTION 2. Subchapter I, Chapter 21, Education Code, is
1-12 amended by adding Section 21.310 to read as follows:
1-13 Sec. 21.310. SCHOOL CRIME REPORT. (a) The State Board of
1-14 Education shall develop, after consultation with the Department of
1-15 Public Safety, a standard school crime report form to be used by
1-16 school districts.
1-17 (b) Each school district shall report quarterly to the State
1-18 Board of Education on the forms provided by the board information
1-19 about crimes committed on school campuses in the district. The
1-20 report must include:
1-21 (1) the types and frequency of criminal offenses
1-22 committed on school campuses in the district;
1-23 (2) a description of the crimes, including the
1-24 location, time, and circumstances of each crime and weapon used, if
2-1 any;
2-2 (3) a description of the offenders, including the age
2-3 and sex of each offender, the name of the school the offender
2-4 attends or a statement that the offender does not attend school,
2-5 and the status of the offender at the school attended;
2-6 (4) a description of the victims, including the age
2-7 and sex of each victim and:
2-8 (A) the name of the school the victim attends,
2-9 if the victim is a student; or
2-10 (B) the victim's occupation and position at the
2-11 school, if the victim is employed by the school; and
2-12 (5) the actions taken by the school in response to the
2-13 crimes.
2-14 (c) The State Board of Education shall compile the school
2-15 crimes information received from the school districts and shall
2-16 file with the governor and the presiding officer of each house of
2-17 the legislature:
2-18 (1) an annual report of crimes reported by the
2-19 districts in the preceding year; and
2-20 (2) biennial recommendations to promote school safety.
2-21 (d) The State Board of Education may adopt rules necessary
2-22 to implement this section.
2-23 SECTION 3. Subchapter Z, Chapter 21, Education Code, is
2-24 amended by adding Section 21.938 to read as follows:
2-25 Sec. 21.938. SAFE SCHOOL CHECKLIST. The State Board of
2-26 Education by rule shall develop a model safe school checklist that
2-27 a school district may use to assess a school's safety strengths and
3-1 weaknesses. The checklist must include procedures for:
3-2 (1) implementing a comprehensive safety plan;
3-3 (2) communicating discipline policies and procedures;
3-4 (3) implementing intra-agency and interagency
3-5 emergency plans;
3-6 (4) recording disruptive incidents;
3-7 (5) training staff and students;
3-8 (6) assessing buildings and grounds;
3-9 (7) handling visitors;
3-10 (8) assigning personnel in emergencies;
3-11 (9) communicating during emergencies and managing
3-12 emergencies;
3-13 (10) providing safe transportation;
3-14 (11) handling accidents; and
3-15 (12) communicating with law enforcement authorities.
3-16 SECTION 4. The State Board of Education shall develop and
3-17 distribute the school crime report form and the model safe school
3-18 checklist required by Sections 21.310 and 21.938, Education Code,
3-19 as added by this Act, not later than January 1, 1994.
3-20 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the
3-21 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-22 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-23 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-24 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
3-25 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
3-26 passage, and it is so enacted.