Bill Text: TX HB876 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the model training curriculum and required training for school district peace officers and school resource officers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-15 - Referred to Education [HB876 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB876-Engrossed.html
86R22326 GCB-F | ||
By: Allen, Wu, Reynolds | H.B. No. 876 |
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relating to the model training curriculum and required training for | ||
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 [ |
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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 [ |
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education and training program described by this section before or | ||
within 180 [ |
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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 fewer than 30,000 students on a date occurring before | ||
September 1, 2019, 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, 2020. 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 October 1, 2019, a school district with | ||
an enrollment of 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 September 1, 2019. |