Bill Text: TX HB4582 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of a grant program to assist certain public schools in providing salaries to school security personnel.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-22 - Referred to Youth Health & Safety, Select [HB4582 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB4582-Introduced.html

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88R14463 AMF-F
By: Raymond H.B. No. 4582

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the establishment of a grant program to assist certain
public schools in providing salaries to school security personnel.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 37, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 37.0814 to read as follows:
Sec. 37.0814. SCHOOL SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM. (a) The
agency shall establish and administer a grant program to assist an
eligible school district or open-enrollment charter school in
providing salaries to peace officers, school resource officers, or
other security personnel performing law enforcement duties for the
district or school.
(b) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may
be eligible for a grant under this section only if the district or
school employs a total of 10 or fewer security personnel.
(c) The agency shall adopt rules as necessary to administer
this section, including rules that establish:
(1) additional eligibility criteria for grant
applicants;
(2) grant application procedures;
(3) guidelines relating to grant amounts;
(4) procedures for evaluating grant applications; and
(5) procedures for monitoring the use of a grant
awarded under this section and ensuring compliance with any
conditions of a grant.
SECTION 2. 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, 2023.