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Amend HB 121 (senate committee report) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Article 2A.001(35), Code of Criminal Procedure (page 3), strike lines 1 and 2 and substitute the following:
(35) an inspector employed by the Texas Education Agency under Section 37.1031, Education Code, subject to the limitations imposed by that section
(2) Strike SECTION 2 of the bill, adding Section 7.021(d), Education Code (page 3, lines 6 through 9).
(3) In SECTION 3 of the bill, in added Section 37.0814(d)(2)(A)(ii), Education Code (page 3, line 25), strike "180th" and substitute "90th".
(4) In SECTION 4 of the bill, strike added Section 37.1031, Education Code (page 3, lines 57 through 64) and substitute the following:
Sec. 37.1031. AGENCY INSPECTORS. The agency may employ inspectors only for the purposes of:
(1) assisting the agency in monitoring school district safety and security requirements under Section 37.1083; and
(2) coordinating with local, state, and federal law enforcement during an event requiring an emergency response by a school district.
(5) In SECTION 8 of the bill, in amended Section 37.203(a), Education Code (page 6, line 44), strike added Paragraph (K) and substitute the following:
(K) two [(J) three] members of the public.
(6) Strike SECTION 11 of the bill, amending Section 38.004(a), Education Code (page 7, lines 1 through 22).
(7) In SECTION 12 of the bill, in amended Section 48.115(b), Education Code (page 7, lines 34 through 37), strike amended Paragraph (C) and substitute the following:
(C) interior and exterior door and window safety and security upgrades, including:
(i) exterior door numbering;
(ii) primary and secondary locking systems; and
(iii) security film that provides resistance to a forced entry; and
(8) Strike SECTION 13 of the bill, amending Section 261.103, Family Code (page 8, lines 13 through 30).
(9) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill:
SECTION ____. Section 37.1083(a), Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) The agency shall monitor the implementation and operation of requirements related to school district safety and security, including [school district]:
(1) school district multihazard emergency operations plans; [and]
(2) school district safety and security audits; and
(3) the response and use of emergency operations procedures by a school district during an event requiring an emergency response by the district.
SECTION ____. Section 37.117, Education Code, as added by Chapter 896 (H.B. 3), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 37.117. EMERGENCY RESPONSE MAP AND WALK-THROUGH. (a) Each school district and open-enrollment charter school shall provide to the Department of Public Safety and all appropriate local law enforcement agencies and emergency first responders:
(1) an accurate map of each district campus and school building that is developed and documented in accordance with the standards described by Section 37.351 related to developing site and floor plans, access control, and exterior door numbering; and
(2) an opportunity to conduct a walk-through of each district campus and school building using the map described by Subdivision (1).
(b) Each school district and open-enrollment charter school shall provide the map described by Subsection (a)(1) to each emergency services district located in whole or in part within the school district or geographic area served by the open-enrollment charter school.
(10) Renumber the SECTIONS of the bill accordingly.