By: Nichols, et al.	S.B. No. 11
	(In the Senate - Filed March 3, 2023; March 7, 2023, read
	first time and referred to Committee on Education; April 17, 2023,
	reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the
	following vote:  Yeas 11, Nays 0; April 17, 2023, sent to printer.)
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	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 11	By:  Paxton

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to measures for ensuring safety and security in public
	schools, including measures related to certain student records and
	truant conduct and active shooter training for certain peace
	officers.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 7.028(a), Education Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(a)  Except as provided by Section 21.006(k), 22.093(l),
	22.096, 28.006, 29.001(5), 29.010(a), 33.006(h), 37.1083, 37.1084,
	38.003, or 39.003, the agency may monitor compliance with
	requirements applicable to a process or program provided by a
	school district, campus, program, or school granted charters under
	Chapter 12, including the process described by Subchapter F,
	Chapter 11, or a program described by Subchapter B, C, D, E, F, H, or
	I, Chapter 29, or Subchapter A, Chapter 37, only as necessary to
	ensure:
	(1)  compliance with federal law and regulations;
	(2)  financial accountability, including compliance
	with grant requirements;
	(3)  data integrity for purposes of:
	(A)  the Public Education Information Management
	System (PEIMS); and
	(B)  accountability under Chapters 39 and 39A; and
	(4)  qualification for funding under Chapter 48.
	SECTION 2.  Subchapter B, Chapter 8, Education Code, is
	amended by adding Section 8.064 to read as follows:
	Sec. 8.064.  SCHOOL SAFETY SUPPORT. (a) A regional
	education service center shall act as a school safety resource for
	school districts and open-enrollment charter schools in the region
	served by the center.  The center may assist a school district or
	open-enrollment charter school directly or in collaboration with
	the Texas School Safety Center, as applicable:
	(1)  in developing and implementing a multihazard
	emergency operations plan under Section 37.108;
	(2)  in establishing a school safety and security
	committee under Section 37.109;
	(3)  in conducting emergency school drills and
	exercises;
	(4)  in addressing deficiencies in campus security
	identified by a school safety review team under Section 37.1084;
	and
	(5)  by providing guidance on any other matter relating
	to school safety and security.
	(b)  A regional education service center shall provide
	assistance as necessary to the region's school safety review team
	established under Section 37.1084.
	SECTION 3.  Section 12.104(b), Education Code, as amended by
	Chapters 542 (S.B. 168), 887 (S.B. 1697), 915 (H.B. 3607), 974 (S.B.
	2081), and 1046 (S.B. 1365), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular
	Session, 2021, is reenacted and amended to read as follows:
	(b)  An open-enrollment charter school is subject to:
	(1)  a provision of this title establishing a criminal
	offense;
	(2)  the provisions in Chapter 554, Government Code;
	and
	(3)  a prohibition, restriction, or requirement, as
	applicable, imposed by this title or a rule adopted under this
	title, relating to:
	(A)  the Public Education Information Management
	System (PEIMS) to the extent necessary to monitor compliance with
	this subchapter as determined by the commissioner;
	(B)  criminal history records under Subchapter C,
	Chapter 22;
	(C)  reading instruments and accelerated reading
	instruction programs under Section 28.006;
	(D)  accelerated instruction under Section
	28.0211;
	(E)  high school graduation requirements under
	Section 28.025;
	(F)  special education programs under Subchapter
	A, Chapter 29;
	(G)  bilingual education under Subchapter B,
	Chapter 29;
	(H)  prekindergarten programs under Subchapter E
	or E-1, Chapter 29, except class size limits for prekindergarten
	classes imposed under Section 25.112, which do not apply;
	(I)  extracurricular activities under Section
	33.081;
	(J)  discipline management practices or behavior
	management techniques under Section 37.0021;
	(K)  health and safety under Chapter 38;
	(L)  the provisions of Subchapter A, Chapter 39;
	(M)  public school accountability and special
	investigations under Subchapters A, B, C, D, F, G, and J, Chapter
	39, and Chapter 39A;
	(N)  the requirement under Section 21.006 to
	report an educator's misconduct;
	(O)  intensive programs of instruction under
	Section 28.0213;
	(P)  the right of a school employee to report a
	crime, as provided by Section 37.148;
	(Q)  bullying prevention policies and procedures
	under Section 37.0832;
	(R)  the right of a school under Section 37.0052
	to place a student who has engaged in certain bullying behavior in a
	disciplinary alternative education program or to expel the student;
	(S)  the right under Section 37.0151 to report to
	local law enforcement certain conduct constituting assault or
	harassment;
	(T)  a parent's right to information regarding the
	provision of assistance for learning difficulties to the parent's
	child as provided by Sections 26.004(b)(11) and 26.0081(c) and (d);
	(U)  establishment of residency under Section
	25.001;
	(V)  school safety requirements under Sections
	37.108, 37.1081, 37.1082, 37.1083, 37.1084, 37.1085, 37.109,
	37.113, 37.114, 37.1141, 37.115, 37.207, and 37.2071;
	(W)  the early childhood literacy and mathematics
	proficiency plans under Section 11.185;
	(X)  the college, career, and military readiness
	plans under Section 11.186; and
	(Y) [(X)]  parental options to retain a student
	under Section 28.02124.
	SECTION 4.  Section 25.002(a), Education Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(a)  If a parent or other person with legal control of a child
	under a court order enrolls the child in a public school, the parent
	or other person or the school district in which the child most
	recently attended school shall furnish to the school district:
	(1)  the child's birth certificate or another document
	suitable as proof of the child's identity;
	(2)  a copy of the child's records from the school the
	child most recently attended if the child has been previously
	enrolled in a school in this state or another state, including for a
	child who most recently attended a public school in this state, a
	copy of the child's disciplinary record and any threat assessment
	involving the child's behavior conducted under Section 37.115; and
	(3)  a record showing that the child has the
	immunizations as required under Section 38.001, in the case of a
	child required under that section to be immunized, proof as
	required by that section showing that the child is not required to
	be immunized, or proof that the child is entitled to provisional
	admission under that section and under rules adopted under that
	section.
	SECTION 5.  Section 25.036, Education Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
	(c)  In the case of a transfer under this section, a child's
	school district of residence shall provide the receiving district
	with the child's disciplinary record and any threat assessment
	involving the child's behavior conducted under Section 37.115.
	SECTION 6.  Section 25.095(a), Education Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(a)  A school district or open-enrollment charter school
	shall notify a student's parent in writing at the beginning of the
	school year that if the student is absent from school, without
	excuse under Section 25.087, on six [10] or more days or parts of
	days within an eight-week [a six-month] period in the same school
	year:
	(1)  the student's parent is subject to prosecution
	under Section 25.093; and
	(2)  the student is subject to referral to a truancy
	court for truant conduct under Section 65.003(a), Family Code.
	SECTION 7.  Section 25.0951(a), Education Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(a)  If a student fails to attend school without excuse on
	six [10] or more days or parts of days within an eight-week [a
	six-month] period in the same school year, a school district shall
	within 10 school days of the student's sixth [10th] absence refer
	the student to a truancy court for truant conduct under Section
	65.003(a), Family Code.
	SECTION 8.  Section 37.108, Education Code, is amended by
	amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection (h) to read
	as follows:
	(a)  Each school district or public junior college district
	shall adopt and implement a multihazard emergency operations plan
	for use in the district's facilities. The plan must address
	prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery as
	defined by the Texas School Safety Center in conjunction with the
	governor's office of homeland security, [and] the commissioner of
	education, and the [or] commissioner of higher education[, as
	applicable]. The plan must provide for:
	(1)  training in responding to an emergency for
	district employees, including substitute teachers;
	(2)  measures to ensure district employees, including
	substitute teachers, have classroom access to a telephone,
	including a cellular telephone, or another electronic
	communication device allowing for immediate contact with district
	emergency services or emergency services agencies, law enforcement
	agencies, health departments, and fire departments;
	(3)  measures to ensure district communications
	technology and infrastructure are adequate to allow for
	communication during an emergency;
	(4)  if the plan applies to a school district,
	mandatory school drills and exercises, including drills required
	under Section 37.114, to prepare district students and employees
	for responding to an emergency;
	(5)  measures to ensure coordination with the
	Department of State Health Services and local emergency management
	agencies, law enforcement, health departments, and fire
	departments in the event of an emergency; [and]
	(6)  the implementation of a safety and security audit
	as required by Subsection (b); and
	(7)  any other requirements established by the Texas
	School Safety Center in consultation with the agency.
	(b)  At least once every three years, each school district or
	public junior college district shall conduct a safety and security
	audit of the district's facilities.  A [To the extent possible, a]
	district shall follow safety and security audit procedures
	developed by the Texas School Safety Center in coordination with
	the commissioner of education or commissioner of higher education,
	as applicable, or a person included in the registry established by
	the Texas School Safety Center under Section 37.2091.
	(h)  The Texas School Safety Center and the agency shall
	provide school safety-related data collected by the center or
	agency to each other on request.
	SECTION 9.  Section 37.1081(a), Education Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(a)  If the board of trustees of a school district receives
	notice of noncompliance under Section 37.207(e) or 37.2071(d) or
	(g) [37.2071(g)], the board shall hold a public hearing to notify
	the public of:
	(1)  the district's failure to:
	(A)  submit or correct deficiencies in a
	multihazard emergency operations plan; or
	(B)  report the results of a safety and security
	audit to the Texas School Safety Center as required by law;
	(2)  the dates during which the district has not been in
	compliance; and
	(3)  the names of each member of the board of trustees
	and the superintendent serving in that capacity during the dates
	the district was not in compliance.
	SECTION 10.  Subchapter D, Chapter 37, Education Code, is
	amended by adding Sections 37.1083, 37.1084, and 37.1085 to read as
	follows:
	Sec. 37.1083.  AGENCY MONITORING OF SCHOOL DISTRICT SAFETY
	AND SECURITY REQUIREMENTS. (a) The agency shall monitor the
	implementation and operation of requirements related to school
	district safety and security, including school district:
	(1)  multihazard emergency operations plans; and
	(2)  safety and security audits.
	(b)  The agency shall establish an office of school safety
	and security within the agency that consists of individuals with
	substantial expertise and experience in school or law enforcement
	safety and security operations and oversight at the local, state,
	or federal level to coordinate the agency's monitoring of school
	district safety and security requirements under this section. The
	director of the office is appointed by the governor and confirmed by
	the senate and must report directly to the commissioner.
	(c)  The agency shall, in coordination with the Texas School
	Safety Center, provide technical assistance to school districts to
	support the implementation and operation of safety and security
	requirements.
	(d)  As part of the technical assistance provided under
	Subsection (c), the agency shall conduct a detailed vulnerability
	assessment of each school district on a random basis determined by
	the agency once every four years.  The assessment must:
	(1)  assess facility access controls, emergency
	operations procedures, and other school safety requirements; and
	(2)  to the greatest extent practicable, coincide with
	the safety and security audit required under Section 37.108.
	(e)  The agency shall use a rubric developed by the office of
	school safety and security in collaboration with the Texas School
	Safety Center to conduct a vulnerability assessment of a school
	district under Subsection (d).
	(f)  On completion of a vulnerability assessment under
	Subsection (d), the agency shall provide to the superintendent and
	school safety and security committee established under Section
	37.109 for the applicable school district a report on the results of
	the assessment that includes recommendations and required
	corrective actions to address any deficiencies in campus security
	identified by the agency.
	(g)  The agency may engage a third party as necessary to
	enable the agency to monitor the implementation and operation of
	school district safety and security requirements under this
	section.
	(h)  The agency may require a school district to submit
	information necessary for the agency to monitor the implementation
	and operation of school district safety and security requirements
	under this section, including:
	(1)  notice of an event requiring a district's
	emergency response including the discovery of a firearm on a
	campus; and
	(2)  information regarding the district's response and
	use of emergency operations procedures during an event described by
	Subdivision (1).
	(i)  The agency may review school district records as
	necessary to ensure compliance with this subchapter and Subchapter
	G.
	(j)  Any document or information collected, identified,
	developed, or produced relating to the monitoring of school
	district safety and security requirements under this section is
	confidential under Sections 418.177 and 418.181, Government Code,
	and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
	(k)  The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to
	administer this section.
	Sec. 37.1084.  REGIONAL SCHOOL SAFETY REVIEW TEAMS. (a) In
	this section:
	(1)  "Office" means the office of school safety and
	security established under Section 37.1083.
	(2)  "Team" means a school safety review team
	established under this section.
	(b)  The office shall establish a school safety review team
	in each region served by a regional education service center. A
	team shall annually conduct on-site general intruder detection
	audits of school district campuses in the team's region. In
	conducting an intruder detection audit, a team must:
	(1)  use a rubric developed by the office in
	consultation with the Texas School Safety Center;
	(2)  not later than the seventh day before the date of a
	scheduled audit, notify the superintendent of the school district
	in which the campus being audited is located; and
	(3)  on completion of the audit, provide to the
	superintendent and school safety and security committee
	established under Section 37.109 for the school district in which
	the campus is located a report on the results of the audit that
	includes recommendations and required corrective actions to
	address any deficiencies in campus security identified by the team.
	(c)  A regional education service center shall provide
	support as necessary to assist the region's team in conducting
	intruder detection audits under this section.
	(d)  A report produced by a team under this section is
	confidential and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552,
	Government Code.
	Sec. 37.1085.  ASSIGNMENT OF CONSERVATOR FOR NONCOMPLIANCE
	WITH SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY REQUIREMENTS. (a)  The
	commissioner may assign a conservator under Chapter 39A if a school
	district fails to:
	(1)  submit to any required monitoring, assessment, or
	audit under Section 37.1083 or 37.1084;
	(2)  comply with applicable safety and security
	requirements; or
	(3)  address in a reasonable time period, as determined
	by commissioner rule, issues raised by the agency's monitoring,
	assessment, or audit of the district under Section 37.1083 or
	37.1084.
	(b)  A conservator assigned to a district under this section
	may exercise the powers and duties of a conservator under Section
	39A.003 only to correct a failure identified under Subsection (a).
	SECTION 11.  Subchapter D, Chapter 37, Education Code, is
	amended by adding Section 37.1131 to read as follows:
	Sec. 37.1131.  NOTIFICATION REGARDING VIOLENT ACTIVITY. (a)
	The agency shall develop model standards for providing notice
	regarding violent activity that has occurred or is being
	investigated at a school district campus or other district facility
	or at a district-sponsored activity to parents, guardians, and
	other persons standing in parental relation to students who are
	assigned to the campus, regularly use the facility, or are
	attending the activity, as applicable.  The standards must:
	(1)  include electronic notification through text
	messaging and e-mail;
	(2)  provide an option for real-time notification; and
	(3)  protect student privacy.
	(b)  Each school district shall adopt a policy for providing
	notice described by Subsection (a) in a manner that meets the
	standards adopted under that subsection.
	SECTION 12.  Sections 37.2071(b), (c), (d), (f), (g), and
	(h), Education Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(b)  A school district or public junior college district
	shall submit its multihazard emergency operations plan to the
	center:
	(1)  not later than the 30th day after the date [on
	request of] the center requests the submission; and
	(2)  in accordance with the center's review cycle
	developed under Subsection (a).
	(c)  The center shall review each district's multihazard
	emergency operations plan submitted under Subsection (b) and:
	(1)  verify the plan meets the requirements of Section
	37.108; or
	(2)  provide the district with written notice:
	(A)  describing the plan's deficiencies; [and]
	(B)  including specific recommendations to
	correct the deficiencies; and
	(C)  stating that the district must correct the
	deficiencies in its plan and resubmit the revised plan to the
	center.
	(d)  If a district fails to submit its multihazard emergency
	operations plan to the center for review following a notification
	by the center that the district has failed to submit the district's
	plan, the center shall provide the district with written notice
	stating that the district must hold a public hearing under Section
	37.1081[:
	[(1)  has failed to submit a plan; and
	[(2)  must submit a plan to the center for review and
	verification].
	(f)  If one month [three months] after the date of initial
	notification of a plan's deficiencies under Subsection (c)(2) [or
	failure to submit a plan under Subsection (d)] a district has not
	corrected the plan deficiencies [or has failed to submit a plan],
	the center shall provide written notice to the district and agency
	that the district has not complied with the requirements of this
	section and must comply immediately.
	(g)  If a school district still has not corrected the plan
	deficiencies three [or has failed to submit a plan six] months after
	the date of initial notification under Subsection (c)(2) [or (d)],
	the center shall provide written notice to the school district
	stating that the district must hold a public hearing under Section
	37.1081.
	(h)  If a school district has failed to submit a plan, the
	notice required by Subsection (d) [(g)] must state that the
	commissioner is authorized to appoint a conservator under Section
	37.1082.
	SECTION 13.  Section 37.2091, Education Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
	(b-1)  A school district must confirm that a person is
	included in the registry established under Subsection (b) before
	the district may engage the person to provide school safety or
	security consulting services to the district.
	SECTION 14.  Section 48.115, Education Code, is amended by
	amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsections (a-1) and
	(b-1) to read as follows:
	(a)  Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), [From funds
	appropriated for that purpose, the commissioner shall provide to] a
	school district is entitled to an annual allotment equal to the sum
	of the following amounts or a greater [in the] amount provided by
	appropriation:
	(1)  $16,800 for each campus with 1,100 or more
	enrolled students;
	(2)  $16,000 for each campus with 600 to 1,099 enrolled
	students;
	(3)  $15,500 for each campus with 350 to 599 enrolled
	students; and
	(4)  $15,000 for each campus with 349 or fewer enrolled
	students [for each student in average daily attendance].
	(a-1)  A school district campus that provides only virtual
	instruction or utilizes only facilities not subject to the
	district's control is not included for purposes of determining a
	school district's allotment under Subsection (a).
	(b)  Funds allocated under this section must be used to
	improve school safety and security, including costs associated
	with:
	(1)  securing school facilities, including:
	(A)  improvements to school infrastructure;
	(B)  the use or installation of physical barriers;
	and
	(C)  the purchase and maintenance of:
	(i)  security cameras or other security
	equipment; and
	(ii)  technology, including communications
	systems or devices, that facilitates communication and information
	sharing between students, school personnel, and first responders in
	an emergency;
	(2)  providing security for the district, including:
	(A)  employing school district peace officers,
	private security officers, and school marshals; and
	(B)  collaborating with local law enforcement
	agencies, such as entering into a memorandum of understanding for
	the assignment of school resource officers to schools in the
	district;
	(3)  school safety and security measures [training and
	planning], including:
	(A)  active shooter and emergency response
	training;
	(B)  prevention and treatment programs relating
	to addressing adverse childhood experiences; and
	(C)  the prevention, identification, and
	management of emergencies and threats, using evidence-based,
	effective prevention practices and including:
	(i)  providing licensed counselors, social
	workers, and individuals trained in restorative discipline and
	restorative justice practices;
	(ii)  providing mental health personnel and
	support;
	(iii)  providing behavioral health
	services;
	(iv)  establishing threat reporting
	systems; and
	(v)  developing and implementing programs
	focused on restorative justice practices, culturally relevant
	instruction, and providing mental health support; and
	(4)  providing programs related to suicide prevention,
	intervention, and postvention.
	(b-1)  The agency may designate certain technologies that a
	school district, in using funds allocated under this section, may
	purchase only from a vendor approved by the agency.
	SECTION 15.  Section 65.003(a), Family Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(a)  A child engages in truant conduct if the child is
	required to attend school under Section 25.085, Education Code, and
	fails to attend school on six [10] or more days or parts of days
	within an eight-week [a six-month] period in the same school year.
	SECTION 16.  Section 1701.253, Occupations Code, is amended
	by adding Subsection (q) to read as follows:
	(q)  As part of the minimum curriculum requirements, the
	commission shall require an officer to complete a training program
	on responding to an active shooter as provided by the Advanced Law
	Enforcement Rapid Response Training Center at Texas State
	University--San Marcos, or a similar organization approved by the
	commission. 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. Completion of a training program
	under this subsection satisfies any other requirement for the
	officer to complete a training program on responding to active
	shooters, including under Section 37.0812(a), Education Code.
	SECTION 17.  Subchapter F, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code,
	is amended by adding Section 1701.2635 to read as follows:
	Sec. 1701.2635.  ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING FOR OFFICERS AT
	PUBLIC SCHOOLS. (a) This section applies to a:
	(1)  school district peace officer as defined by
	Section 1701.262; and
	(2)  school resource officer as defined by Section
	1701.601.
	(b)  An officer to whom this section applies shall complete a
	one-time training program on responding to an active shooter as
	provided by the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training
	Center at Texas State University--San Marcos, or a similar
	organization approved by the commission, before or within two years
	of beginning to provide law enforcement services at a public
	primary or secondary school.
	(c)  Completion of a training program under this section
	satisfies any other requirement that the officer complete a
	training program on responding to active shooters, including under
	Section 37.0812(a), Education Code.
	SECTION 18.  (a) As soon as practicable after the effective
	date of this Act, the Texas Education Agency shall establish the
	office of school safety and security and the governor shall appoint
	the director of that office as required by Section 37.1083,
	Education Code, as added by this Act.
	(b)  As soon as practicable after the office of school safety
	and security has been established, the office shall establish
	school safety review teams in each region served by a regional
	education service center as required by Section 37.1084, Education
	Code, as added by this Act.
	SECTION 19.  (a)  As soon as practicable after the effective
	date of this Act, the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement shall
	adopt rules to implement Sections 1701.253(q) and 1701.2635,
	Occupations Code, as added by this Act.
	(b)  The minimum curriculum requirements under Section
	1701.253(q), Occupations Code, as added by this Act, apply only to
	an officer who first begins to satisfy those requirements on or
	after January 1, 2024.
	(c)  Notwithstanding Section 1701.2635, Occupations Code, as
	added by this Act, an officer who holds a license under Chapter
	1701, Occupations Code, on September 1, 2023, and to whom that
	section applies shall complete the training program required by
	that section not later than September 1, 2025.
	SECTION 20.  To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
	over another Act of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023,
	relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
	codes.
	SECTION 21.  Sections 7.028, 25.095, and 25.0951, Education
	Code, as amended by this Act, Chapter 37, Education Code, as amended
	by this Act, and Section 65.003, Family Code, as amended by this
	Act, apply beginning with the 2023-2024 school year.
	SECTION 22.  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of
	this section, 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, 2023.
	(b)  Section 48.115, Education Code, as amended by this Act,
	takes effect September 1, 2023.
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