By: Metcalf (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 690
         (In the Senate - Received from the House April 8, 2021;
  April 12, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on
  Education; May 14, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote:  
  Yeas 10, Nays 0; May 14, 2021, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to training requirements for a member of the board of
  trustees of an independent school district.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 11.159, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
         (b-1)  The State Board of Education shall require a trustee
  to complete training on school safety. The state board, in
  coordination with the Texas School Safety Center, shall develop the
  curriculum and materials for the training.
         SECTION 2.  Not later than January 1, 2022, the State Board
  of Education, in coordination with the Texas School Safety Center,
  shall develop the curriculum and materials for the training on
  school safety required under Section 11.159(b-1), Education Code,
  as added by this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
 
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