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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to providing to parents a copy of certain procedures |
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included in a public school's multihazard emergency operations |
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plan. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 37.108, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (c-3) to read as follows: |
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(c-3) At the beginning of the school year, a school district |
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shall provide to the parent or guardian of each student enrolled in |
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the district a written copy of the district's procedures in its |
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multihazard emergency operations plan involving the care of |
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students in the event of an emergency, including: |
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(1) a natural disaster; |
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(2) a temperature event involving extreme heat or |
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cold; |
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(3) a power outage affecting food distribution to |
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students; |
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(4) an active shooter emergency described by |
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Subsection (g); and |
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(5) a declared emergency in the district or this |
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state. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |