1-1 By: West S.R. No. 879
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed May 6, 1993; May 7, 1993, read first
1-3 time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice; May 25, 1993,
1-4 reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0;
1-5 May 25, 1993, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE VOTE
1-7 Yea Nay PNV Absent
1-8 Whitmire x
1-9 Brown x
1-10 Nelson x
1-11 Sibley x
1-12 Sims x
1-13 Turner x
1-14 West x
1-15 SENATE RESOLUTION
1-16 WHEREAS, The numerous incidents of crime and violence at the
1-17 campuses of our state's primary and secondary schools is
1-18 threatening the health and safety of the schoolchildren in the
1-19 State of Texas; and
1-20 WHEREAS, More and more weapons are being confiscated on
1-21 school premises creating a nonconducive learning environment; and
1-22 WHEREAS, It is essential that the atmosphere of crime and
1-23 violence that surrounds our public schools be curbed in order to
1-24 create a more positive learning environment; and
1-25 WHEREAS, The State Board of Education and the Texas Juvenile
1-26 Probation Commission have urged increased attention to issues of
1-27 crime on and near our public school campuses; and
1-28 WHEREAS, The allocation of resources to combat campus crime
1-29 should be based on accurate data; and
1-30 WHEREAS, The Central Education Roundtable Committee
1-31 recommended collecting data on campus crime on a statewide basis to
1-32 provide much-needed information for future allocation of state
1-33 resources to combat campus crime; and
1-34 WHEREAS, There is currently a shortage of state revenue to
1-35 provide to school districts for new initiatives; now, therefore, be
1-36 it
1-37 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas encourage law
1-38 enforcement officials to independently report to the Department of
1-39 Public Safety incidents of crime that occur on public school
1-40 campuses according to the department's uniform crime reporting
1-41 guidelines; and, be it further
1-42 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas encourage the
1-43 Texas Department of Public Safety to determine underreported areas
1-44 of the state and conduct a random sampling of incidents of crime on
1-45 public school campuses in those areas; and, be it further
1-46 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 73rd
1-47 Legislature, encourage the Central Education Agency, in accordance
1-48 with the Department of Public Safety uniform crime reporting
1-49 guidelines, to develop a statewide uniform crime reporting system
1-50 for use by school districts to uniformly report incident-based
1-51 campus crime.
1-52 * * * * *
1-53 Austin,
1-54 Texas
1-55 May 25, 1993
1-56 Hon. Bob Bullock
1-57 President of the Senate
1-58 Sir:
1-59 We, your Committee on Criminal Justice to which was referred S.R.
1-60 No. 879, have had the same under consideration, and I am instructed
1-61 to report it back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do
1-62 pass and be printed.
1-63 Whitmire,
1-64 Chairman
1-65 * * * * *
1-66 WITNESSES
1-67 No witnesses appeared on S.R. No. 879.