Bill Text: TX SB1918 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the duties of school district peace officers and school resource officers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-01 - Referred to Education [SB1918 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1918-Introduced.html
87R10934 BDP-D | ||
By: Lucio | S.B. No. 1918 |
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relating to the duties of school district peace officers and school | ||
resource officers. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 37.081, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsections (a-1), (d-5), and (d-6) to read as follows: | ||
(a-1) A memorandum of understanding under Subsection (a) | ||
regarding the provision of school resource officers must include a | ||
district's use of force policy and an outline of the intended role | ||
of school resource officers in the district. | ||
(d-5) Except as provided by Subsection (d-6), a school | ||
district peace officer or school resource officer may issue a | ||
citation to or make an arrest of a student for conduct described by | ||
Section 37.015 only after the officer has determined, in | ||
consultation with the school district administrators, that | ||
alternative disciplinary measures, including restorative justice | ||
practices and school-based disciplinary measures, are not | ||
sufficient. If the officer determines that no sufficient | ||
alternative disciplinary measures are available, the officer shall | ||
prepare and submit a written report to the school district | ||
superintendent or the superintendent's designee that includes: | ||
(1) the alternative disciplinary measures considered | ||
by the officer; and | ||
(2) an explanation stating why those measures were not | ||
sufficient disciplinary alternatives. | ||
(d-6) A school district peace officer or school resource | ||
officer is not required to make the determination under Subsection | ||
(d-5) if the student's conduct poses a threat that requires | ||
immediate action by the officer. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022 | ||
school year. | ||
SECTION 3. 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, 2021. |