Bill Text: TX SB202 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to inclusion of instruction regarding interaction with peace officers in the required curriculum for ninth grade public school students and to civilian interaction training for peace officers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-25 - Referred to Education [SB202 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB202-Introduced.html
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By: West | S.B. No. 202 |
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relating to inclusion of instruction regarding interaction with | ||
peace officers in the required curriculum for ninth grade public | ||
school students and to civilian interaction training for peace | ||
officers. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 28.012 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 28.012. INSTRUCTION ON INTERACTION WITH LAW | ||
ENFORCEMENT. (a) In this section: | ||
(1) "Board" means the State Board of Education. | ||
(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Law | ||
Enforcement. | ||
(b) The board and the commission shall enter into a | ||
memorandum of understanding that establishes each agency's | ||
respective responsibilities in developing instruction on proper | ||
interaction with peace officers during traffic stops and other | ||
in-person encounters. | ||
(c) The board and the commission may consult with any | ||
interested party in developing the instruction under this section. | ||
(d) Before finalizing any instruction under this section, | ||
the board and the commission shall provide a reasonable period for | ||
public comment. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 28.025, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (b-20) to read as follows: | ||
(b-20) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to | ||
include the instruction developed under Section 28.012 in the | ||
required curriculum for students in ninth grade. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 1701.253, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subsection (n) to read as follows: | ||
(n) As part of the minimum curriculum requirements, the | ||
commission shall require an officer to complete the civilian | ||
interaction training program developed under Section 1701.268. An | ||
officer shall complete the program not later than the second | ||
anniversary of the date the officer is licensed under this chapter | ||
unless the officer completes the program as part of the officer's | ||
basic training course. | ||
SECTION 4. Subchapter F, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 1701.268 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1701.268. CIVILIAN INTERACTION TRAINING PROGRAM. (a) | ||
In this section, "board" means the State Board of Education. | ||
(b) The commission and the board shall enter into a | ||
memorandum of understanding that establishes each agency's | ||
respective responsibilities in developing a training program on | ||
proper interaction with civilians during traffic stops and other | ||
in-person encounters. | ||
(c) The commission and the board may consult with any | ||
interested party in developing the training program under this | ||
section. | ||
(d) Before finalizing a training program under this | ||
section, the commission and the board shall provide a reasonable | ||
period for public comment. | ||
SECTION 5. (a) Not later than September 1, 2018, the State | ||
Board of Education and the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement | ||
shall develop: | ||
(1) the instruction required under Section 28.012, | ||
Education Code, as added by this Act; and | ||
(2) the training program required under Section | ||
1701.268, Occupations Code, as added by this Act. | ||
(b) Section 28.025(b-20), Education Code, as added by this | ||
Act, applies beginning with the 2018-2019 school year. | ||
(c) A peace officer or reserve law enforcement officer who | ||
holds a license under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, issued on or | ||
before January 1, 2018, shall complete a training program | ||
established under Section 1701.268, Occupations Code, as added by | ||
this Act, not later than January 1, 2020. | ||
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |