Bill Text: TX HB110 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 4th Special Session | Introduced

Texas House Bill 110 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the school safety allotment under the public school finance system; making an appropriation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-11-15 - Filed [HB110 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB110-Introduced.html



	By: Guillen	H.B. No. 110



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the school safety allotment under the public school
	finance system; making an appropriation.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 37.0814, Education Code, is amended by
	amending Subsection (b) to read as follows:
	Sec. 37.0814. ARMED SECURITY OFFICER REQUIRED. (a) The
	board of trustees of each school district shall determine the
	appropriate number of armed security officers for each district
	campus. The board must ensure that at least one armed security
	officer is present during regular school hours at each district
	campus.
	(b) A security officer described by Subsection (a) must be:
	(1) a school district peace officer;
	(2) a school resource officer; or
	(3) a commissioned peace officer employed as security
	personnel under Section 37.081; or
	(4) a canine unit as defined by Section 108.001,
	Business and Commerce Code.
	(c) If the board of trustees of a school district is unable
	to comply with this section, the board may claim a good cause
	exception from the requirement to comply with this section if the
	district's noncompliance is due to the availability of:
	(1) funding; or
	(2) personnel who qualify to serve as a security
	officer described by Subsection (a).
	(d) The board of trustees of a school district that claims a
	good cause exception under Subsection (c) must develop an
	alternative standard with which the district is able to comply,
	which may include providing a person to act as a security officer
	who is:
	(1) a school marshal; or
	(2) a school district employee or a person with whom
	the district contracts who:
	(A) has completed school safety training
	provided by a qualified handgun instructor certified in school
	safety under Section 411.1901, Government Code; and
	(B) carries a handgun on school premises in
	accordance with written regulations or written authorization of the
	district under Section 46.03(a)(1)(A), Penal Code.
	(e) The board of trustees of a school district must develop
	and maintain documentation of the district's implementation of and
	compliance with this section, including documentation related to a
	good cause exception claimed under Subsection (c), and shall, if
	requested by the agency, provide that documentation to the agency
	in the manner prescribed by the agency.
	SECTION 2. Section 48.115, Education Code, is amended by
	amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-2) to read as
	follows:
	Sec. 48.115. SCHOOL SAFETY ALLOTMENT. (a) Except as
	provided by Subsections (a-1) and (a-2), a school district is
	entitled to an annual allotment equal to the sum of the following
	amounts or a greater amount provided by appropriation:
	(1) $100 [~~$10~~] for each student in average daily
	attendance, plus $1 for each student in average daily attendance
	per every $50 by which the district's maximum basic allotment under
	Section 48.051 exceeds $6,160, prorated as necessary; and
	(2) $100,000 [~~$15,000~~] per campus.
	(a-1) A school district campus that provides only virtual
	instruction or utilizes only facilities not subject to the
	district's control is not included for purposes of determining a
	school district's allotment under Subsection (a).
	(a-2) Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, to be
	eligible to receive an allotment under Subsection (a), a school
	district must ensure that:
	(1) during regular school hours at least one security
	officer armed with a firearm is present at each district campus.
	For purposes of this subsection, a security officer must be:
	(A) a school district peace officer;
	(B) a school resource officer;
	(C) a commissioned peace officer employed as
	security personnel under Section 37.081; or
	(D) a canine unit as defined by Section 108.001,
	Business and Commerce Code; and
	(2) at least one school marshal, school resource
	officer, commissioned peace officer, school district peace
	officer, or canine unit, armed with a firearm and who has at
	minimum received training comparable to section 1701.260(c),
	Occupations Code, is appointed, assigned, or employed for every 200
	enrolled students.
	SECTION 3. Section 18.78, Article IX, Chapter 1170 (H.B.
	1), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023 (the
	General Appropriations Act), is amended by adding Subsections (m)
	and (n) to read as follows:
	(m) It is the intent of the legislature that money
	appropriated under Subsection (c) of this section be expended
	equally in each year of the 2024-25 fiscal biennium, not including
	any supplemental funds appropriated in 2025 for the same or a
	similar purpose.
	(n) In addition to amounts appropriated elsewhere in this
	Act, TEA is appropriated $2,000,000,000 from general revenue to
	implement the provisions of H.B.___, Acts of the 88th Legislature,
	4th Called Session, 2023.
	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the
	legislative session.