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  86R966 GCB-D
 
  By: Hefner, Swanson H.B. No. 1387
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the number of school marshals that may be appointed to
  serve on a public school campus or at a private school.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 37.0811(a), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  The board of trustees of a school district or the
  governing body of an open-enrollment charter school may appoint not
  more than the greater of:
               (1)  one school marshal per 100 [200] students in
  average daily attendance per campus; or
               (2)  for each campus, one school marshal per building
  of the campus at which students regularly receive classroom
  instruction.
         SECTION 2.  Section 37.0813(a), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  The governing body of a private school may appoint not
  more than the greater of:
               (1)  one school marshal per 100 [200] students enrolled
  in the school; or
               (2)  one school marshal per building of the school at
  which students regularly receive classroom instruction.
         SECTION 3.  This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020
  school year.
         SECTION 4.  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, 2019.