Bill Text: TX SB683 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to the authorization by a school district or open-enrollment charter school for a person to carry or possess a weapon on school premises for purposes of safety and security.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-17 - Referred to State Affairs [SB683 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB683-Introduced.html
  88R2987 MEW-D
 
  By: West S.B. No. 683
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the authorization by a school district or
  open-enrollment charter school for a person to carry or possess a
  weapon on school premises for purposes of safety and security.
         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 GUARDIANS. (a) In this section,
  "school guardian" means a person who, pursuant to the written
  regulations or written authorization of a school district or
  open-enrollment charter school under Section 46.03(a)(1)(A), Penal
  Code, is authorized to carry or possess a specified weapon for the
  purpose of providing safety and security on the physical premises
  of a school, any grounds or building on which an activity sponsored
  by a school is being conducted, or a passenger transportation
  vehicle of a school.
         (b)  A school district or open-enrollment charter school
  that has adopted written regulations or written authorization
  allowing for school guardians shall, not later than the third
  business day after the date of adoption, provide written
  notification of the district's or school's decision to use school
  guardians to:
               (1)  the sheriff of each county in which a school
  building is located;
               (2)  the police chief of each municipality in which a
  school building is located;
               (3)  the public safety director of the Department of
  Public Safety; and
               (4)  the commissioner of the agency. 
         (c)  Not later than five business days before the date of
  implementation of written regulations or written authorization
  allowing for school guardians, a school district or open-enrollment
  charter school shall provide to each entity described by Subsection
  (b) a written notification that includes the following information:
               (1)  the identity of each school guardian;
               (2)  the campus at which each school guardian is
  primarily located;
               (3)  the classroom or approximate location at which
  each school guardian may be regularly found during the school day;
  and
               (4)  the types of weapons, including the type of
  caliber, that the district or school has authorized at district or
  school campuses.
         (d)  Not later than five business days after a school
  district or open-enrollment charter school makes changes to the
  district's or school's written regulations or written authorization
  allowing for school guardians, the district or school shall provide
  to each entity described by Subsection (b) a written notification
  of the changes to the regulations or authorization, including the
  persons authorized as school guardians.
         (e)  A notification required under this section must be
  provided:
               (1)  in person;
               (2)  by electronic means; or
               (3)  by certified mail, return receipt requested.
         (f)  Information reported under this section is confidential
  and is not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government
  Code, by a school district, an open-enrollment charter school, or
  an entity described by Subsection (b).
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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