Bill Text: TX HB348 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to education and training for certain school district peace officers and school resource officers employed by a school district.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-14 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB348 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB348-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Walle | H.B. No. 348 | ||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 348: | |||
| By: Fletcher | C.S.H.B. No. 348 | ||
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| relating to education and training for certain school district | ||
| peace officers and school resource officers employed by a school | ||
| district. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter M, Chapter 1701, | ||
| Occupations Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER M. SCHOOL [ |
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| SECTION 2. Subchapter M, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 1701.604 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 1701.604. EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM. (a) Except | ||
| as provided by Subsection (b), this section applies only to: | ||
| (1) a school district peace officer commissioned under | ||
| Section 37.081, Education Code; or | ||
| (2) a school resource officer, as defined by Section | ||
| 1701.601. | ||
| (b) This section does not apply to a peace officer while the | ||
| peace officer is assigned to a school-sponsored event at which | ||
| formal classroom instruction is not offered. | ||
| (c) A peace officer may not serve as a school district peace | ||
| officer for more than 30 days unless the peace officer has completed | ||
| a 16-hour or longer education and training program approved by the | ||
| commission under this section, except as provided by Subsection | ||
| (d), and has received a certificate under Subsection (e). A peace | ||
| officer may not serve as a school resource officer for more than 90 | ||
| days unless the officer has completed a 16-hour or longer education | ||
| and training program approved by the commission under this section, | ||
| except as provided by Subsection (d), and has received a | ||
| certificate under Subsection (e). | ||
| (d) A peace officer who has received comparable education | ||
| and training through the Bexar County children's crisis | ||
| intervention training program or the Texas School Safety Center at | ||
| Texas State University is not required to complete the education | ||
| and training program approved by the commission under this section | ||
| to serve as a school district peace officer or school resource | ||
| officer. | ||
| (e) The commission shall issue a professional achievement | ||
| or proficiency certificate to a peace officer on successful | ||
| completion of an education and training program: | ||
| (1) approved by the commission under this section; or | ||
| (2) described by Subsection (d). | ||
| (f) The commission shall appoint 12 members to a school | ||
| resource curriculum committee to develop the curriculum for the | ||
| education and training program under this section. The school | ||
| resource curriculum committee shall be composed as follows: | ||
| (1) one representative of the Bexar County children's | ||
| crisis intervention training program; | ||
| (2) one representative of the Texas School Safety | ||
| Center at Texas State University; | ||
| (3) one representative of the commission; | ||
| (4) one representative of the Texas Municipal Police | ||
| Association; | ||
| (5) one representative of the Texas Education Agency; | ||
| (6) one representative of a local mental health | ||
| authority, as defined by Section 571.003, Health and Safety Code; | ||
| (7) a peace officer with certification in crisis | ||
| intervention; | ||
| (8) a school district peace officer; | ||
| (9) one representative of an organization that | ||
| advocates for juvenile justice; | ||
| (10) one representative of an organization that | ||
| advocates for civil liberties; | ||
| (11) one representative of an organization | ||
| representing parents of public school students; and | ||
| (12) one representative of the Texas School District | ||
| Police Chiefs' Association. | ||
| (g) Members of the school resource curriculum committee | ||
| serve terms of two years. | ||
| (h) The school resource curriculum committee shall develop | ||
| the curriculum for the education and training program under this | ||
| section based on the model curriculum used for the Bexar County | ||
| children's crisis intervention training program and in accordance | ||
| with Subsection (i). The curriculum must be approved by the | ||
| commission. After developing the program, the committee may review | ||
| and revise the curriculum for the program annually or as the | ||
| committee determines necessary. Any revision must be approved by | ||
| the commission. In carrying out its duties, the committee may use | ||
| technology, including teleconferencing or videoconferencing, to | ||
| eliminate travel expenses. | ||
| (i) The curriculum for the education and training program | ||
| 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) force usage limitations, including physical | ||
| restraint, and de-escalation techniques; | ||
| (4) children with disabilities or special needs, | ||
| including mental or behavioral health needs; and | ||
| (5) cultural competency. | ||
| (j) The education and training program under this section | ||
| may be provided: | ||
| (1) as a collaborative model within a community that: | ||
| (A) involves local stakeholders; and | ||
| (B) incorporates didactic and experiential | ||
| training using the best practice model of the Bexar County | ||
| children's crisis intervention training program; | ||
| (2) by a school determined appropriate for operation | ||
| under Section 1701.251; or | ||
| (3) as an online training program sponsored by an | ||
| online training provider if the training provider also provides | ||
| training under Section 1701.251. | ||
| (k) A school district may offer additional, | ||
| commission-approved preparatory education or training to its | ||
| school district peace officers and school resource officers. | ||
| (l) The superintendent of a school district that employs a | ||
| peace officer or to which a school resource officer is assigned | ||
| shall maintain on file the certification issued to the officer | ||
| under Subsection (e). | ||
| (m) Notwithstanding Section 1701.351(a), the commission may | ||
| not suspend the license of a peace officer solely because the peace | ||
| officer fails to meet the requirements of this section. | ||
| SECTION 3. Not later than March 31, 2012, the Commission on | ||
| Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education shall approve the | ||
| curriculum for the education and training program as required by | ||
| Section 1701.604, Occupations Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 4. Section 1701.604, Occupations Code, as added by | ||
| this Act, applies only to a school district peace officer or school | ||
| resource officer who is serving or has been assigned, appointed, | ||
| commissioned, or employed by a school district to serve in that | ||
| capacity on or after March 31, 2012. | ||
| SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
