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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to licensure and training requirements for school |
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marshals. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 37.0811(f), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(f) A school district or charter school employee's status as |
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a school marshal becomes inactive on: |
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(1) expiration of the employee's school marshal |
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license under Section 1701.260, Occupations Code; |
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(2) suspension or revocation of the employee's license |
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to carry a handgun issued under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, |
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Government Code, if the employee is required to hold that license as |
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a condition of the employee's school marshal license under Section |
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1701.260, Occupations Code; |
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(3) termination of the employee's employment with the |
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district or charter school; or |
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(4) notice from the board of trustees of the district |
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or the governing body of the charter school that the employee's |
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services as school marshal are no longer required. |
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SECTION 2. Section 37.0813(f), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(f) A private school employee's status as a school marshal |
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becomes inactive on: |
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(1) expiration of the employee's school marshal |
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license under Section 1701.260, Occupations Code; |
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(2) suspension or revocation of the employee's license |
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to carry a handgun issued under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, |
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Government Code, if the employee is required to hold that license as |
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a condition of the employee's school marshal license under Section |
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1701.260, Occupations Code; |
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(3) termination of the employee's employment with the |
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private school; or |
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(4) notice from the governing body that the employee's |
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services as school marshal are no longer required. |
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SECTION 3. Section 51.220(g), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(g) A public junior college employee's status as a school |
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marshal becomes inactive on: |
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(1) expiration of the employee's school marshal |
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license under Section 1701.260, Occupations Code; |
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(2) suspension or revocation of the employee's license |
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to carry a concealed handgun issued under Subchapter H, Chapter |
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411, Government Code, if the employee is required to hold that |
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license as a condition of the employee's school marshal license |
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under Section 1701.260, Occupations Code; |
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(3) termination of the employee's employment with the |
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public junior college; or |
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(4) notice from the governing board of the public |
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junior college that the employee's services as school marshal are |
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no longer required. |
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SECTION 4. Subchapter C, Chapter 96, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 96.42 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 96.42. CERTAIN REQUIRED TRAINING PROVIDED BY ADVANCED |
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LAW ENFORCEMENT RAPID RESPONSE TRAINING CENTER. The Advanced Law |
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Enforcement Rapid Response Training Center at Texas State |
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University--San Marcos shall offer to a person participating in a |
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school marshal training program under Section 1701.260, |
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Occupations Code, a course of instruction designed to prepare the |
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person to isolate, distract, and neutralize an active shooter. |
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SECTION 5. Section 1701.260, Occupations Code, is amended |
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by amending Subsections (a), (a-1), and (i) and adding Subsections |
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(a-2) and (c-1) to read as follows: |
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(a) The commission shall establish and maintain a training |
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program open to any employee of a school district, open-enrollment |
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charter school, private school, or public junior college who: |
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(1) holds a license to carry a handgun issued under |
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Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code; |
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(2) is a retired peace officer, as defined by Section |
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1701.3161; or |
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(3) is an honorably discharged veteran of the armed |
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forces of the United States. |
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(a-1) The training under the training program may be |
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conducted only by the commission staff or a provider approved by the |
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commission. |
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(a-2) [(a-1)] In this section, "private school" has the |
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meaning assigned by Article 2.127, Code of Criminal Procedure. |
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(c-1) For the instruction required under Subsection (c)(5), |
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the commission shall require a trainee to complete a course of |
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instruction offered by the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response |
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Training Center at Texas State University--San Marcos that is |
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designed to prepare the trainee to isolate, distract, and |
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neutralize an active shooter. |
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(i) The commission shall revoke the [a person's] school |
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marshal license of a person described by Subsection (a)(1) if the |
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commission is notified by the Department of Public Safety that the |
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person's license to carry a handgun issued under Subchapter H, |
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Chapter 411, Government Code, has been suspended or revoked. A |
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person whose school marshal license is revoked may obtain |
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recertification by: |
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(1) furnishing proof to the commission that the |
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person's handgun license has been reinstated; and |
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(2) completing the initial training under Subsection |
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(c) to the satisfaction of the commission staff, paying the fee for |
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the training, and demonstrating psychological fitness on the |
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psychological examination described in Subsection (d). |
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SECTION 6. Not later than April 1, 2024, the Texas |
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Commission on Law Enforcement shall: |
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(1) develop a school marshal training program under |
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Section 1701.260, Occupations Code, as amended by this Act, that |
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may be offered over a number of consecutive Saturdays during a |
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school year; and |
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(2) subject to the availability of funding, authorize |
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two additional providers to offer school marshal training programs |
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under Section 1701.260, Occupations Code, as amended by this Act, |
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in areas of this state in which those programs are not offered on or |
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before the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |