Bill Text: TX SB838 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed
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 (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-12 - Left pending in committee [SB838 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB838-Engrossed.html
By: Kolkhorst, Hall | S.B. No. 838 | |
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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) The Texas School Safety Center shall develop best | ||
practices for school districts and open-enrollment charter schools | ||
that authorize school guardians to provide safety and security. | ||
(c) A school district or open-enrollment charter school | ||
that has adopted written regulations or written authorization | ||
allowing for school guardians shall report any information relating | ||
to the implementation of the regulations or authorization and the | ||
identity of each school guardian to: | ||
(1) the Texas School Safety Center, in the form and | ||
manner prescribed by the center; and | ||
(2) a state or local law enforcement agency, on | ||
written request of the head of the agency. | ||
(d) Information reported under Subsection (c) is | ||
confidential and is not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, | ||
Government Code, by a school district, an open-enrollment charter | ||
school, the Texas School Safety Center, or a law enforcement | ||
agency. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |