Bill Text: TX HB2797 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to elimination of the requirement that school districts and public junior college districts conduct periodic safety and security audits of district facilities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-12 - Left pending in committee [HB2797 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2797-Introduced.html
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By: Bonnen | H.B. No. 2797 |
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relating to elimination of the requirement that school districts | ||
and public junior college districts conduct periodic safety and | ||
security audits of district facilities. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 37.108(a) and (c-2), Education Code, | ||
are amended 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 | ||
mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery as defined by the | ||
commissioner of education or commissioner of higher education in | ||
conjunction with the governor's office of homeland security. The | ||
plan must provide for: | ||
(1) district employee training in responding to an | ||
emergency; | ||
(2) if the plan applies to a school district, | ||
mandatory school drills and exercises to prepare district students | ||
and employees for responding to an emergency; and | ||
(3) 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[ |
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(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); | ||
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recommendations by the district's board of trustees for improvement | ||
of the plan and determine the district's progress within the last 12 | ||
months; and | ||
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that the district has established a visitor policy and identify the | ||
provisions governing access to a district building or other | ||
district property. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 37.109(b), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) The committee shall: | ||
(1) participate on behalf of the district in | ||
developing and implementing emergency plans consistent with the | ||
district multihazard emergency operations plan required by Section | ||
37.108(a) to ensure that the plans reflect specific campus, | ||
facility, or support services needs; | ||
(2) provide the district with any campus, facility, or | ||
support services information required in connection with a [ |
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report required to be submitted by the district to the Texas School | ||
Safety Center; and | ||
(3) review each report required to be submitted by the | ||
district to the Texas School Safety Center to ensure that the report | ||
contains accurate and complete information regarding each campus, | ||
facility, or support service in accordance with criteria | ||
established by the center. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 37.2161(a), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) The center shall periodically provide a school safety | ||
and security progress report to the governor, the legislature, the | ||
State Board of Education, and the agency that contains current | ||
information regarding school safety and security in the school | ||
districts and public junior college districts of this state based | ||
on: | ||
(1) elements of each district's multihazard emergency | ||
operations plan required by Section 37.108(a); and | ||
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the center. | ||
SECTION 4. Sections 37.108(b), (c), and (c-1), Education | ||
Code, are repealed. | ||
SECTION 5. 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, 2011. |