86R30646 GCB-D
 
  By: Blanco H.B. No. 257
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 257:
 
  By:  Burns C.S.H.B. No. 257
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a policy requiring certain public primary and secondary
  schools to provide local law enforcement agencies certain
  information regarding certain individuals authorized to carry a
  handgun on a campus.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 37, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 37.0814 to read as follows:
         Sec. 37.0814.  LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNICATION AND
  COORDINATION POLICY. (a) This section applies to a school district
  or open-enrollment charter school that:
               (1)  authorizes an individual, other than an individual
  described by Subsection (b), to carry a handgun for security
  purposes under written regulations or written authorization of the
  district or school; and
               (2)  requires an individual described by Subdivision
  (1) to complete the school safety training and instruction
  described by Section 411.1901(c), Government Code.
         (b)  This section does not apply with respect to:
               (1)  an individual appointed as a school marshal under
  Section 37.0811 or 37.0813; or
               (2)  an individual employed as security personnel under
  Section 37.081 and authorized to carry a handgun in accordance with
  that section.
         (c)  The board of trustees of a school district or the
  governing body of an open-enrollment charter school that is subject
  to this section shall adopt a policy regarding communication and
  coordination with local law enforcement agencies.
         (d)  A policy adopted under this section must require the
  school district or open-enrollment charter school to:
               (1)  provide each law enforcement agency that has
  jurisdiction over the district or school with:
                     (A)  a list of each campus at which an individual
  described by Subsection (a) is authorized to carry a handgun; and
                     (B)  the identity of each individual described by
  Subsection (a) and the campus where that individual is regularly
  employed; and
               (2)  update, as necessary, the information provided
  under Subdivision (1).
         (e)  Information provided to a law enforcement agency under a
  policy adopted under this section regarding the identity or place
  of employment of an individual described by Subsection (a) is
  confidential, may be used by the law enforcement agency only for law
  enforcement purposes, and is not subject to a request under Chapter
  552, Government Code.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.