Bill Text: TX SB894 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the model training curriculum and required education and training of security personnel employed by a school district.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-11 - Referred to Education [SB894 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB894-Introduced.html
87R1642 TSS-D | ||
By: Lucio | S.B. No. 894 |
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relating to the model training curriculum and required education | ||
and training of security personnel employed by a school district. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 37.0812, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 37.0812. TRAINING POLICY: SCHOOL DISTRICT PEACE | ||
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(a) A school district peace officer, [ |
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or person employed as security personnel shall complete an active | ||
shooter response training program approved by the Texas Commission | ||
on Law Enforcement. | ||
(b) A school district that commissions a school district | ||
peace officer or employs security personnel or at which a school | ||
resource officer provides law enforcement shall adopt a policy | ||
requiring the officer or security personnel to complete the | ||
education and training program required by Section 1701.263, | ||
Occupations Code. | ||
SECTION 2. The heading to Section 1701.262, Occupations | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1701.262. TRAINING FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT PEACE OFFICERS, | ||
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SECTION 3. Section 1701.262(a), Occupations Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subdivision (5) to read as follows: | ||
(5) "School security personnel" means a person | ||
employed as security personnel by the board of trustees of a school | ||
district under Section 37.081, Education Code. | ||
SECTION 4. Sections 1701.262(b) and (e), Occupations Code, | ||
are amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) The commission, in consultation with an institute or the | ||
center, shall create, adopt, and distribute a model training | ||
curriculum for school district peace officers, [ |
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resource officers, and school security personnel. | ||
(e) The commission shall provide the curriculum developed | ||
under this section and any supplemental education materials created | ||
for the curriculum to: | ||
(1) school district police departments; | ||
(2) law enforcement agencies that place peace officers | ||
in a school as school resource officers under a memorandum of | ||
understanding; and | ||
(3) any entity that provides training to school | ||
district peace officers, [ |
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security personnel. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 1701.263, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1701.263. EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL | ||
DISTRICT PEACE OFFICERS, [ |
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SECURITY PERSONNEL. (a) In this section: | ||
(1) "School district peace officer" and "school | ||
security personnel" have [ |
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Section 1701.262. | ||
(2) "School resource officer" has the meaning assigned | ||
by Section 1701.601. | ||
(b) The commission by rule shall require a school district | ||
peace officer or a school resource officer who is commissioned by or | ||
who provides law enforcement at a school district or school | ||
security personnel at a school district to successfully complete an | ||
education and training program described by this section before or | ||
within 180 days of the officer's or person's commission by, [ |
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placement in, or employment at the district or a campus of the | ||
district. The program must: | ||
(1) consist of at least 16 hours of training; | ||
(2) be approved by the commission; and | ||
(3) provide training in accordance with the curriculum | ||
developed under Section 1701.262 in each subject area listed in | ||
Subsection (c) of that section. | ||
(b-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (b) or a rule adopted | ||
under that section, a school district peace officer, [ |
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resource officer, or school security personnel is not required to | ||
successfully complete the education and training program required | ||
by this section if the officer or person has successfully completed | ||
the advanced training course conducted by the National Association | ||
of School Resource Officers or a training course equivalent to that | ||
advanced training course, as determined by the commission. | ||
(c) The education and training program required under this | ||
section may not require a peace officer or school security | ||
personnel to pass an examination, except that the commission shall | ||
administer an examination to qualify officers or security personnel | ||
to provide the education and training to other officers or security | ||
personnel. The examination to qualify an officer or person | ||
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officer's or person's knowledge and recognition of the subject | ||
areas listed in Section 1701.262(c). | ||
(d) The commission shall issue a professional achievement | ||
or proficiency certificate to an [ |
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completes the education and training program under this section. | ||
SECTION 6. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
of this Act and not later than December 1, 2021: | ||
(1) a school district that employs security personnel | ||
shall adopt a policy as required by Section 37.0812(b), Education | ||
Code, as amended by this Act; and | ||
(2) the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement shall | ||
amend the model training curriculum and rules as necessary to | ||
implement Sections 1701.262 and 1701.263, Occupations Code, as | ||
amended by this Act. | ||
SECTION 7. (a) As soon as practicable after the effective | ||
date of this Act but not later than August 31, 2022, a person | ||
employed as security personnel by a school district who begins | ||
employment on a date occurring before December 1, 2021, shall | ||
complete: | ||
(1) the training required by Section 37.0812, | ||
Education Code, as amended by this Act; and | ||
(2) the training required by Section 1701.263, | ||
Occupations Code, as amended by this Act. | ||
(b) Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to a | ||
person who is exempt from the training established under Section | ||
1701.263, Occupations Code, as amended by this Act, because the | ||
person has completed the training described by Subsection (b-1) of | ||
that section. | ||
SECTION 8. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |