79R2651 ESH-D
By: West, Royce S.B. No. 974
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to training of school district peace officers and security
personnel in certain discipline management practices and behavior
management techniques.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 37.0021, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (g) and adding Subsection (h) to read as
follows:
(g) Except as provided by Subsection (h), this [This]
section and any rules or procedures adopted under this section do
not apply to:
(1) a peace officer while performing law enforcement
duties;
(2) juvenile probation, detention, or corrections
personnel; or
(3) an educational services provider with whom a
student is placed by a judicial authority, unless the services are
provided in an educational program of a school district.
(h) A school resource officer, as defined by Section
1701.601, Occupations Code, or a person employed under Section
37.081 as a school district peace officer or as security personnel
must receive any training required under Subsection (d)(2).
SECTION 2. Section 37.0021, Education Code, as amended by
this Act, applies beginning with the 2005-2006 school year.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.