86R10180 TSS-D
 
  By: Rosenthal H.B. No. 2655
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to an active shooter emergency protocol for public school
  districts and required active shooter training for school district
  peace officers and school resource officers.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 37.108, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsections (f) and (g) to read as follows:
         (f)  A school district shall include in its multihazard
  emergency operations plan protocol for responding to an active
  shooter emergency in a district facility. The protocol must
  provide for school drills and exercises to prepare for an active
  shooter emergency as part of the mandatory school drills and
  exercises under Subsection (a)(2).
         (g)  The commissioner shall adopt rules providing the number
  and content of mandatory school drills required under Subsection
  (f). In adopting rules under this subsection, the commissioner
  shall consult with a public institution of higher education that
  provides active shooter response training.
         SECTION 2.  Section 37.0812, Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 37.0812.  TRAINING POLICY: SCHOOL DISTRICT PEACE
  OFFICERS AND SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS. (a) A school district that
  commissions a school district peace officer or at which a school
  resource officer provides law enforcement shall adopt a policy
  requiring the officer to complete an active shooter response
  training program approved by the commissioner. The commissioner
  may approve an active shooter response training program provided by
  a public institution of higher education for purposes of this
  subsection.
         (b)  A school district with an enrollment of 30,000 or more
  students that commissions a school district peace officer or at
  which a school resource officer provides law enforcement shall
  adopt a policy requiring the officer to complete the education and
  training program required by Section 1701.263, Occupations Code.
         SECTION 3.  As soon as practicable after the effective date
  of this Act, the commissioner of education shall adopt the rules
  required by Section 37.108(g), Education Code, as added by this
  Act.
         SECTION 4.  As soon as practicable after the effective date
  of this Act, the commissioner of education shall approve an active
  shooter response training program that satisfies the requirement
  for a policy adopted under Section 37.0812, Education Code, as
  amended by this Act.
         SECTION 5.  (a) Not later than October 1, 2019, a school
  district shall adopt the training policy for school district peace
  officers and school resource officers required by Section 37.0812,
  Education Code, as amended by this Act.
         (b)  A school district peace officer or school resource
  officer who begins employment with or begins providing law
  enforcement at a school district on a date occurring before
  September 1, 2019, shall complete the training required by Section
  37.0812, Education Code, as amended by this Act, as soon as
  practicable after the effective date of this Act but not later than
  August 31, 2020.
         SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.