Bill Text: TX SB1487 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the use of peace officers as attendance officers for school districts and open-enrollment charter schools.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-24 - Referred to Education [SB1487 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB1487-Introduced.html

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By: Hughes S.B. No. 1487

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of peace officers as attendance officers for
school districts and open-enrollment charter schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 25.090, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (b-1) and amending Subsection (c) to read as
follows:
(b-1) In this section, "peace officer" includes a
constable.
(c) For services performed under this section by a peace
officer, additional [Additional] compensation shall [may not] be
paid from the funds of the county, independent school district, or
open-enrollment charter school at a rate commensurate with the
regular wages of the peace officer [for services performed under
this section].
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.