By: Taylor of Collin, et al. S.B. No. 996
 
  (Villalba)
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to notifying a parent or guardian whether an employee of a
  school is appointed school marshal and the confidentiality of
  information submitted to or collected by the Texas Commission on
  Law Enforcement in connection with a certification for appointment
  as school marshal.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 37.0811, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
         (h)  If a parent or guardian of a student enrolled at a school
  inquires in writing, the school district or open-enrollment charter
  school shall provide the parent or guardian written notice
  indicating whether any employee of the school is currently
  appointed a school marshal.  The notice may not disclose
  information that is confidential under Subsection (g).
         SECTION 2.  Section 1701.260(l), Occupations Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (l)  All [Identifying] information [about a person]
  collected or submitted under this section is confidential, except
  as provided by Subsection (j), and is not subject to disclosure
  under Chapter 552, Government Code.
         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, 2015.