Bill Text: TX HB150 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the model training curriculum and required training for certain school district peace officers and school resource officers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-07-20 - Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues [HB150 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB150-Introduced.html
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By: Giddings | H.B. No. 150 |
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relating to the model training curriculum and required training for | ||
certain school district peace officers and school resource | ||
officers. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 37.0812, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 37.0812. TRAINING POLICY: SCHOOL DISTRICT PEACE | ||
OFFICERS AND SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS. A school district with an | ||
enrollment of 5,000 [ |
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school district peace officer or at which a school resource officer | ||
provides law enforcement shall adopt a policy requiring the officer | ||
to complete the education and training program required by Section | ||
1701.263, Occupations Code. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 1701.263(b), Occupations Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) The commission by rule shall require a school district | ||
peace officer or a school resource officer who is commissioned by or | ||
who provides law enforcement at a school district with an | ||
enrollment of 5,000 [ |
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complete an education and training program described by this | ||
section not later than 180 [ |
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the officer's commission by or placement in the district or a campus | ||
of the district. The program must: | ||
(1) consist of at least 16 hours of training; | ||
(2) be approved by the commission; and | ||
(3) provide training in accordance with the curriculum | ||
developed under Section 1701.262 in each subject area listed in | ||
Subsection (c) of that section. | ||
SECTION 3. (a) Notwithstanding Section 1701.263(b), | ||
Occupations Code, as amended by this Act, a school district peace | ||
officer or school resource officer who commences employment with or | ||
commences providing law enforcement at a school district with an | ||
enrollment of 5,000 or more students but fewer than 30,000 students | ||
on a date occurring before December 1, 2017, shall complete the | ||
training required by Section 1701.263, Occupations Code, as amended | ||
by this Act, as soon as practicable and not later than August 31, | ||
2018. This subsection does not apply to an officer who is exempt | ||
from the training established under Section 1701.263, Occupations | ||
Code, as amended by this Act, because the officer has completed the | ||
training described by Subsection (b-1) of that section. | ||
(b) Not later than January 1, 2018, a school district with | ||
an enrollment of 5,000 or more students but fewer than 30,000 | ||
students shall adopt the training policy for school district peace | ||
officers and school resource officers required by Section 37.0812, | ||
Education Code, as amended by this Act. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect December 1, 2017. |