88R4649 MEW-F
 
  By: Allison H.B. No. 2032
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a requirement that school districts and open-enrollment
  charter schools provide emergency response mapping data to local
  law enforcement agencies.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 37.108(f), Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (f)  A school district shall include in its multihazard
  emergency operations plan:
               (1)  a chain of command that designates the individual
  responsible for making final decisions during a disaster or
  emergency situation and identifies other individuals responsible
  for making those decisions if the designated person is unavailable;
               (2)  provisions that address physical and
  psychological safety for responding to a natural disaster, active
  shooter, and any other dangerous scenario identified for purposes
  of this section by the agency or the Texas School Safety Center;
               (3)  provisions for ensuring the safety of students in
  portable buildings;
               (4)  provisions for ensuring that students and district
  personnel with disabilities are provided equal access to safety
  during a disaster or emergency situation;
               (5)  provisions for providing immediate notification
  to parents, guardians, and other persons standing in parental
  relation in circumstances involving a significant threat to the
  health or safety of students, including identification of the
  individual with responsibility for overseeing the notification;
               (6)  provisions for supporting the psychological
  safety of students, district personnel, and the community during
  the response and recovery phase following a disaster or emergency
  situation that:
                     (A)  are aligned with best practice-based
  programs and research-based practices recommended under Section
  38.351;
                     (B)  include strategies for ensuring any required
  professional development training for suicide prevention and
  grief-informed and trauma-informed care is provided to appropriate
  school personnel;
                     (C)  include training on integrating
  psychological safety and suicide prevention strategies into the
  district's plan, such as psychological first aid for schools
  training, from an approved list of recommended training established
  by the commissioner and Texas School Safety Center for:
                           (i)  members of the district's school safety
  and security committee under Section 37.109;
                           (ii)  district school counselors and mental
  health professionals; and
                           (iii)  educators and other district
  personnel as determined by the district;
                     (D)  include strategies and procedures for
  integrating and supporting physical and psychological safety that
  align with the provisions described by Subdivision (2); and
                     (E)  implement trauma-informed policies;
               (7)  a policy for providing a substitute teacher access
  to school campus buildings and materials necessary for the
  substitute teacher to carry out the duties of a district employee
  during an emergency or a mandatory emergency drill; [and]
               (8)  the name of each individual on the district's
  school safety and security committee established under Section
  37.109 and the date of each committee meeting during the preceding
  year; and
               (9)  certification that the district is in compliance
  with Section 37.116, requiring the district to provide local law
  enforcement agencies and emergency first responders emergency
  response mapping data for all school campuses and buildings.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter D, Chapter 37, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 37.116 to read as follows:
         Sec. 37.116.  EMERGENCY RESPONSE MAPPING DATA. (a)  For
  purposes of this section, "emergency response mapping data" means
  information provided in an electronic or digital format to assist a
  law enforcement agency or emergency first responder in an
  emergency, including:
               (1)  accurate floor plans overlaid on current aerial
  imagery of a school building;
               (2)  site-specific labeling that matches the structure
  of the school building, including:
                     (A)  room labels;
                     (B)  hallway names;
                     (C)  external door and stairwell numbers;
                     (D)  locations of hazards;
                     (E)  key utility locations; and
                     (F)  key boxes;
               (3)  site-specific labeling that matches the school
  grounds, including:
                     (A)  parking areas;
                     (B)  athletic fields;
                     (C)  surrounding roads; and
                     (D)  neighboring roads; and
               (4)  a standardized gridded overlay with X and Y
  coordinates.
         (b)  Each school district and open-enrollment charter school
  shall provide to all appropriate local law enforcement agencies and
  emergency first responders emergency response mapping data for each
  campus and school building.
         (c)  The emergency response mapping data provided under
  Subsection (b):
               (1)  must be compatible with software platforms used by
  local, state, and federal public safety agencies that provide
  emergency services;
               (2)  must be compatible with software platforms used by
  the school district or open-enrollment charter school;
               (3)  may not require additional software or the
  integration of third-party software to view the data;
               (4)  must be provided in a printable format;
               (5)  must be verified for accuracy through an annual
  walk-through of the school campus or building for which the
  information was provided;
               (6)  must be oriented to true north; and
               (7)  must contain a standardized grid system to ensure
  easy communication by all responders.
         (d)  A school district or open-enrollment charter school may
  use school safety grants made available for the purpose of this
  section or funds provided to the district or school through the
  school safety allotment under Section 48.115 to comply with this
  section.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.