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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring semiannual school safety meetings in certain |
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counties. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 37, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 37.0833 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 37.0833. SCHOOL SAFETY MEETINGS. (a) The sheriff of a |
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county with a total population of less than 300,000 in which a |
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public school is located, shall call and conduct semiannual |
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meetings to discuss: |
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(1) school safety; |
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(2) coordinated law enforcement response to school |
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violence incidents; |
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(3) law enforcement agency capabilities; |
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(4) available resources; |
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(5) emergency radio interoperability; |
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(6) chain of command planning; and |
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(7) other related subjects proposed by a person in |
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attendance at the meeting. |
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(b) The following persons shall attend a meeting called |
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under Subsection (a): |
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(1) the sheriff or the sheriff's designee; |
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(2) the police chief of a municipal police department |
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in the county or the police chief's designee; |
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(3) each elected constable in the county or the |
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constable's designees; |
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(4) each police chief of a school district's police |
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department or school district security coordinator from each school |
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district located in the county; |
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(5) a representative of the Department of Public |
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Safety assigned to the county; |
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(6) a person appointed to a command staff position at |
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an emergency medical service in the county; |
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(7) a person appointed to a command staff position at a |
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municipal emergency medical service in the county; |
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(8) a person appointed to a command staff position at a |
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fire department in the county; and |
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(9) any other person the sheriff considers |
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appropriate. |
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(c) As soon as practicable after a meeting under Subsection |
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(a), the sheriff shall submit a notice to the Texas School Safety |
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Center identifying the attendees of the meeting and a statement of |
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compliance with this provision. The Texas School Safety Center |
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shall publish the notice on the center's Internet website. |
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(d) A meeting under this section shall be conducted as a |
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closed, nonpublic meeting that is not subject to the open meetings |
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law, Chapter 551, Government Code. |
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SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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of this Act, the sheriff of a county described by Section |
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37.0833(a), Education Code, as added by this Act, shall call a |
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meeting as provided by that section. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |