Bill Text: TX HB2195 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to an active shooter emergency policy for school districts and required active shooter training for school district peace officers and school resource officers.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB2195 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2195-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to an active shooter emergency policy for school districts and required active shooter training for school district peace officers and school resource officers.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB2195 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2195-Introduced.html
86R8136 GCB-F | ||
By: Meyer | H.B. No. 2195 |
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relating to an active shooter emergency policy for school | ||
districts. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 37.108, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (c-2) and adding Subsection (f) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(c-2) A document relating to a school district's or public | ||
junior college district's multihazard emergency operations plan is | ||
subject to disclosure if the document enables a person to: | ||
(1) verify that the district has established a plan | ||
and determine the agencies involved in the development of the plan | ||
and the agencies coordinating with the district to respond to an | ||
emergency, including the Department of State Health Services, local | ||
emergency services agencies, law enforcement agencies, health | ||
departments, and fire departments; | ||
(2) verify that the district's plan was reviewed | ||
within the last 12 months and determine the specific review dates; | ||
(3) verify that the plan addresses the four phases of | ||
emergency management under Subsection (a); | ||
(4) verify that district employees have been trained | ||
to respond to an emergency and determine the types of training, the | ||
number of employees trained, and the person conducting the | ||
training; | ||
(5) verify that each campus in the district has | ||
conducted mandatory emergency drills and exercises in accordance | ||
with the plan and determine the frequency of the drills; | ||
(6) if the district is a school district, verify that | ||
the district has established a plan for responding to a train | ||
derailment if required under Subsection (d); | ||
(7) verify that the district has completed a safety | ||
and security audit under Subsection (b) and determine the date the | ||
audit was conducted, the person conducting the audit, and the date | ||
the district presented the results of the audit to the district's | ||
board of trustees; | ||
(8) verify that the district has addressed any | ||
recommendations by the district's board of trustees for improvement | ||
of the plan and determine the district's progress within the last 12 | ||
months; [ |
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(9) if the district is a school district, verify that | ||
the district has established a visitor policy and identify the | ||
provisions governing access to a district building or other | ||
district property; and | ||
(10) if the district is a school district, verify that | ||
the district has established a policy under Subsection (f) for | ||
responding to an active shooter emergency. | ||
(f) A school district shall include in its multihazard | ||
emergency operations plan a policy for responding to an active | ||
shooter emergency. The school district may use any available | ||
community resources in developing the policy described by this | ||
subsection. | ||
SECTION 2. 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, 2019. |