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79R9205 SLO-D
By: Staples S.B. No. 11
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to security in public schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 37, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 37.108 to read as follows:
Sec. 37.108. MULTI-HAZARD EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN;
SECURITY AUDIT. (a) Each school district shall adopt and implement
a multi-hazard emergency operations plan that addresses
mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery as recommended by
the Federal Emergency Management Agency for use in district
schools. The plan must provide for:
(1) district employee training in responding to an
emergency;
(2) mandatory school drills to prepare district
students and employees for responding to an emergency;
(3) measures to ensure coordination with local
emergency management agencies, law enforcement, and fire
departments in the event of an emergency; and
(4) the implementation of a security audit as required
by Subsection (b).
(b) At least once every three years, a school district shall
conduct a security audit of the district's facilities. To the
extent possible, a district shall follow a safety and security
audit procedure developed by the Texas School Safety Center or a
comparable entity.
(c) A school district shall report the results of the
security audit conducted under Subsection (b) to the district's
board of trustees.
SECTION 2. Section 37.205, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 37.205. SAFETY TRAINING PROGRAMS. The center shall
conduct for school districts a safety training program that
includes:
(1) development of a positive school environment and
proactive safety measures designed to address local concerns;
(2) school safety courses for law enforcement
officials, with a focus on school district police officers and
school resource officers;
(3) discussion of school safety issues with parents
and community members; [and]
(4) specialized training for the staff of disciplinary
alternative education programs and juvenile justice alternative
education programs; and
(5) assistance in developing a multi-hazard emergency
operations plan for adoption under Section 37.108.
SECTION 3. Subchapter G, Chapter 37, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 37.2051 to read as follows:
Sec. 37.2051. SECURITY CRITERIA FOR INSTRUCTIONAL
FACILITIES. The center shall develop security criteria that school
districts may consider in the design of instructional facilities.
SECTION 4. Subchapter A, Chapter 46, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 46.0081 to read as follows:
Sec. 46.0081. SECURITY CRITERIA IN DESIGN OF INSTRUCTIONAL
FACILITIES. A school district that constructs a new instructional
facility or conducts a major renovation of an existing
instructional facility using funds allotted to the district under
this subchapter shall consider, in the design of the instructional
facility, security criteria developed by the Texas School Safety
Center under Section 37.2051.
SECTION 5. (a) Not later than December 1, 2005, the Texas
School Safety Center shall:
(1) develop a school safety program that includes
assistance to school districts in developing a multi-hazard
emergency operations plan as required by Section 37.205, Education
Code, as amended by this Act; and
(2) develop security criteria for the construction and
renovation of school district instructional facilities as required
by Section 37.2051, Education Code, as added by this Act.
(b) Not later than March 1, 2006, each school district shall
adopt a multi-hazard emergency operations plan as required by
Section 37.108, Education Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.