Bill Text: TX HB2684 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to the creation of a model training curriculum and to the required training for certain school district peace officers and school resource officers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-20 - Effective immediately [HB2684 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2684-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of a model training curriculum and to the required training for certain school district peace officers and school resource officers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-20 - Effective immediately [HB2684 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2684-Engrossed.html
By: Giddings, Walle | H.B. No. 2684 |
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relating to the creation of a model training curriculum and to the | ||
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. Subchapter C, Chapter 37, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 37.0812 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 or more students that commissions a 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. Subchapter F, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, is | ||
amended by adding Sections 1701.262 and 1701.263 to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 1701.262. TRAINING FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT PEACE OFFICERS | ||
AND SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS. (a) In this section: | ||
(1) "Center" means the Texas School Safety Center at | ||
Texas State University. | ||
(2) "Institute" means an institute dedicated to | ||
providing training to law enforcement and the development of law | ||
enforcement policies, such as the Law Enforcement Management | ||
Institute of Texas at Sam Houston State University or the Caruth | ||
Police Institute. | ||
(3) "School district peace officer" means a peace | ||
officer commissioned under Section 37.081, Education Code. | ||
(4) "School resource officer" has the meaning assigned | ||
by Section 1701.601. | ||
(b) The commission, in consultation with an institute or the | ||
center, shall create, adopt, and distribute a model training | ||
curriculum for school district peace officers and school resource | ||
officers. | ||
(c) The curriculum developed under this section must | ||
incorporate learning objectives regarding: | ||
(1) child and adolescent development and psychology; | ||
(2) positive behavioral interventions and supports, | ||
conflict resolution techniques, and restorative justice | ||
techniques; | ||
(3) de-escalation techniques and techniques for | ||
limiting the use of force, including the use of physical, | ||
mechanical, and chemical restraints; | ||
(4) the mental and behavioral health needs of children | ||
with disabilities or special needs; and | ||
(5) mental health crisis intervention. | ||
(d) Before adopting and distributing any curriculum under | ||
this section, the commission shall provide a 30-day period for | ||
public comment. | ||
(e) The commission shall provide the curriculum developed | ||
under this section and any supplemental education materials created | ||
for the curriculum to: | ||
(1) school district police departments; | ||
(2) law enforcement agencies that place peace officers | ||
in a school as school resource officers under a memorandum of | ||
understanding; and | ||
(3) any entity that provides training to school | ||
district peace officers or school resource officers. | ||
(f) The commission shall review curriculum developed and | ||
adopted under this section and update subject matter contained in | ||
the curriculum as needed at least once every four years. | ||
Sec. 1701.263. EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL | ||
DISTRICT PEACE OFFICERS AND SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS. (a) In this | ||
section: | ||
(1) "School district peace officer" has the meaning | ||
assigned by Section 1701.262. | ||
(2) "School resource officer" has the meaning assigned | ||
by Section 1701.601. | ||
(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 or more students to successfully complete an | ||
education and training program described by this section before or | ||
within 120 days of 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. | ||
(b-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (b) or a rule adopted | ||
under that section, a school district peace officer or school | ||
resource officer is not required to successfully complete the | ||
education and training program required by this section if the | ||
officer has successfully completed the advanced training course | ||
conducted by the National Association of School Resource Officers | ||
or a training course equivalent to that advanced training course, | ||
as determined by the commission. | ||
(c) The education and training program required under this | ||
section may not require a peace officer to pass an examination, | ||
except that the commission shall administer an examination to | ||
qualify officers to provide the education and training to other | ||
officers. The examination to qualify officers to provide the | ||
education and training must test the officer's knowledge and | ||
recognition of the subject areas listed in Section 1701.262(c). | ||
(d) The commission shall issue a professional achievement | ||
or proficiency certificate to a peace officer who completes the | ||
education and training program under this section. | ||
SECTION 3. (a) Not later than December 1, 2015, the Texas | ||
Commission on Law Enforcement shall create the model training | ||
curriculum for school district peace officers and school resource | ||
officers required by Section 1701.262, Occupations Code, as added | ||
by this Act. | ||
(b) Not later than February 1, 2016, the Texas Commission on | ||
Law Enforcement shall make available to school district peace | ||
officers and school resource officers the training required by | ||
Section 1701.263, Occupations Code, as added by this Act. | ||
(c) Notwithstanding Section 1701.263(b), Occupations Code, | ||
as added 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 10,000 or more students on a date occurring before February 1, | ||
2016, shall complete the training required by Section 1701.263, | ||
Occupations Code, as added by this Act, as soon as practicable and | ||
not later than June 1, 2016. This subsection does not apply to an | ||
officer who is exempt from the training established under Section | ||
1701.263, Occupations Code, as added by this Act, because the | ||
officer has completed the training described by Subsection (b-1) of | ||
that section. | ||
(d) Not later than February 1, 2016, a school district with | ||
an enrollment of 5,000 or more students shall adopt the training | ||
policy for school district peace officers and school resource | ||
officers required by Section 37.0812, Education Code, as added by | ||
this Act. | ||
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 September 1, 2015. |