88R11514 JCG-D
 
  By: Dorazio H.B. No. 3910
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to requiring a school security officer license to provide
  private security services at a public primary or secondary school.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 96, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 96.42 to read as follows:
         Sec. 96.42.  CERTAIN REQUIRED TRAINING PROVIDED BY ADVANCED
  LAW ENFORCEMENT RAPID RESPONSE TRAINING CENTER.  The Advanced Law
  Enforcement Rapid Response Training Center at Texas State
  University--San Marcos shall permit a person who applies for a
  school security officer license under Section 1702.213,
  Occupations Code, to enroll in the Solo Officer Rapid Deployment
  and the Level I training courses offered by the center, or in a
  substantially similar course offered by the center, in the same
  manner as the center permits a peace officer to enroll in the
  course.
         SECTION 2.  Chapter 1702, Occupations Code, is amended by
  adding Subchapter I-1 to read as follows:
  SUBCHAPTER I-1. SCHOOL SECURITY OFFICER
         Sec. 1702.211.  SCHOOL SECURITY OFFICER LICENSE REQUIRED.
  An individual may not act as a school security officer unless the
  individual holds a school security officer license.
         Sec. 1702.212.  SCHOOL SECURITY OFFICER. An individual acts
  as a school security officer if the individual is employed by or
  contracted through a company licensed under this chapter to provide
  services described by Section 1702.202 or 1702.222 on the premises
  of a public primary or secondary school.
         Sec. 1702.213.  APPLICATION; LICENSE QUALIFICATIONS.  (a)  
  An applicant for a school security officer license must submit a
  written application on a form prescribed by the commission.
         (b)  An applicant for a school security officer license must
  provide proof that the applicant:
               (1)  has been issued a noncommissioned security officer
  license, a security officer commission, or a personal protection
  officer license;
               (2)  is employed at the time of application by an
  investigations company or guard company licensed by the department;
  and
               (3)  has completed:
                     (A)  the training course described by Section
  96.42, Education Code; and
                     (B)  the training described by Section 1702.214.
         Sec. 1702.214.  SCHOOL SECURITY OFFICER TRAINING. The
  commission shall establish the minimum curriculum requirements for
  a school-based security response course and establish minimum
  qualifications for instructors to provide the training.
         Sec. 1702.215.  WEAPON RESTRICTIONS. An individual acting
  as a school security officer may not carry a weapon on the premises
  of a public primary or secondary school in the scope of performing
  the person's duties unless authorized under Section 37.081,
  Education Code.
         SECTION 3.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this
  section, this Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
         (b)  Section 1702.211, Occupations Code, as added by this
  Act, takes effect September 1, 2024.