| TO: | Honorable Sid Miller, Chair, House Committee on Homeland Security & Public Safety |
| FROM: | John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | HB348 by Walle (Relating to education and training for certain school district peace officers and school resource officers employed by a school district. ), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted |
The bill would amend the Occupations Code by requiring peace officers to complete either 16 hours of education and training approved by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education (TCLEOSE), training through the Bexar County children’s crisis intervention training program, or the Texas School Safety Center at Texas State University, before the officer could serve as a school resource officer for more than 30 days, excluding peace officers while assigned to a school-sponsored event where classroom instruction is not offered.
The bill requires TCLEOSE to appoint a 12 member school resource curriculum committee to develop the curriculum for the education and training program, and requires that the curriculum is approved by the Commission.
The bill requires the superintendent of a school district that employs a peace officer or to which a school resource officer is assigned to maintain on file the certification issued to the officer.
TCLEOSE, the Texas Education Agency, and Texas State University indicate no significant fiscal impact from the bill.
This bill would take effect September 1, 2011.
| Source Agencies: | 407 Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education, 701 Central Education Agency, 758 Texas State University System
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| LBB Staff: | JOB, ESi, GG, DAR
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