S.B. No. 1707
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the duties of school district peace officers, school
  resource officers, and security personnel.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 30.052(l), Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (l)  The governing board of the Texas School for the Deaf may
  employ security personnel, enter into a memorandum of understanding
  with a local law enforcement agency for the provision of school
  resource officers, and [may] commission peace officers in the same
  manner as a board of trustees of a school district under Section
  37.081.
         SECTION 2.  The heading to Section 37.081, Education Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 37.081.  SCHOOL DISTRICT PEACE OFFICERS, SCHOOL
  RESOURCE OFFICERS, AND SECURITY PERSONNEL.
         SECTION 3.  Section 37.081, Education Code, is amended by
  amending Subsections (a) and (d) and adding Subsections (d-1),
  (d-2), (d-3), and (d-4) to read as follows:
         (a)  The board of trustees of any school district may employ
  security personnel, enter into a memorandum of understanding with a
  local law enforcement agency for the provision of school resource
  officers, and [may] commission peace officers to carry out this
  subchapter.  If a board of trustees authorizes a person employed as
  security personnel to carry a weapon, the person must be a
  commissioned peace officer.  The jurisdiction of a peace officer, a
  school resource officer, or security personnel under this section
  shall be determined by the board of trustees and may include all
  territory in the boundaries of the school district and all property
  outside the boundaries of the district that is owned, leased, or
  rented by or otherwise under the control of the school district and
  the board of trustees that employ the peace officer or security
  personnel or that enter into a memorandum of understanding for the
  provision of a school resource officer.
         (d)  The [A school district peace officer shall perform law
  enforcement duties for the school district as determined by the]
  board of trustees of the school district shall determine the law
  enforcement duties of peace officers, school resource officers, and
  security personnel.  The duties must be included in:
               (1)  the district improvement plan under Section
  11.252;
               (2)  the student code of conduct adopted under Section
  37.001;
               (3)  any memorandum of understanding providing for a
  school resource officer; and
               (4)  any other campus or district document describing
  the role of peace officers, school resource officers, or security
  personnel in the district.
         (d-1)  A school district peace officer, a school resource
  officer, and security personnel shall perform law enforcement
  duties for the school district that [Those duties] must include
  protecting:
               (1)  the safety and welfare of any person in the
  jurisdiction of the peace officer, resource officer, or security
  personnel; and
               (2)  the property of the school district.
         (d-2)  A school district may not assign or require as duties
  of a school district peace officer, a school resource officer, or
  security personnel:
               (1)  routine student discipline or school
  administrative tasks; or
               (2)  contact with students unrelated to the law
  enforcement duties of the peace officer, resource officer, or
  security personnel.
         (d-3)  This section does not prohibit a school district peace
  officer, a school resource officer, or security personnel from
  informal contact with a student unrelated to:
               (1)  the assigned duties of the officer or security
  personnel; or
               (2)  an incident involving student behavior or law
  enforcement.
         (d-4)  In determining the law enforcement duties under
  Subsection (d), the board of trustees of the school district shall
  coordinate with district campus behavior coordinators and other
  district employees to ensure that school district peace officers,
  school resource officers, and security personnel are tasked only
  with duties related to law enforcement intervention and not tasked
  with behavioral or administrative duties better addressed by other
  district employees.
         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.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1707 passed the Senate on
  April 17, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1707 passed the House on
  May 16, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 100, Nays 32,
  two present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor