Bill Text: TX HB975 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to training requirements for a member of the board of trustees of an independent school district.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-14 - Referred to Education [HB975 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB975-Engrossed.html

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86R2782 MP-D
By: Metcalf, Huberty, Allen, H.B. No. 975
Bonnen of Galveston, Dutton, et al.

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to training requirements for a member of the board of
trustees of an independent school district.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 11.159, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
(b-1) The State Board of Education shall require a trustee
to complete training on school safety. The state board, in
coordination with the Texas School Safety Center, shall develop the
curriculum and materials for the training.
SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2020, the State Board
of Education, in coordination with the Texas School Safety Center,
shall develop the curriculum and materials for the training on
school safety required under Section 11.159(b-1), Education Code,
as added by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.