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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to public school safety measures and procedures. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 37.108(b), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) At least once every two [three] years, each school |
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district or public junior college district shall conduct a safety |
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and security audit of the district's facilities. To the extent |
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possible, a district shall follow safety and security audit |
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procedures developed by the Texas School Safety Center or a |
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comparable public or private entity. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 38.022(a) and (c), Education Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A school district shall [may] require a person who |
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enters a district campus for a purpose other than to attend a |
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school-sponsored event that is open to the public to display the |
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person's driver's license or another form of identification |
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containing the person's photograph issued by a governmental entity. |
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(c) A school district shall [may] verify whether a person |
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who visits [visitor to] a district campus for a purpose other than |
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to attend a school-sponsored event that is open to the public is a |
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sex offender registered with the computerized central database |
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maintained by the Department of Public Safety as provided by |
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Article 62.005, Code of Criminal Procedure, or any other database |
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accessible by the district. |
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SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |