Bill Text: TX SB1707 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the duties of school district peace officers, school resource officers, and security personnel.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-02 - Effective immediately [SB1707 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1707-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 1707 |
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relating to the duties of school district peace officers, school | ||
resource officers, and security personnel. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 30.052(l), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(l) The governing board of the Texas School for the Deaf may | ||
employ security personnel, enter into a memorandum of understanding | ||
with a local law enforcement agency for the provision of school | ||
resource officers, and [ |
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manner as a board of trustees of a school district under Section | ||
37.081. | ||
SECTION 2. The heading to Section 37.081, Education Code, | ||
is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 37.081. SCHOOL DISTRICT PEACE OFFICERS, SCHOOL | ||
RESOURCE OFFICERS, AND SECURITY PERSONNEL. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 37.081, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsections (a) and (d) and adding Subsections (d-1), | ||
(d-2), (d-3), and (d-4) to read as follows: | ||
(a) The board of trustees of any school district may employ | ||
security personnel, enter into a memorandum of understanding with a | ||
local law enforcement agency for the provision of school resource | ||
officers, and [ |
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subchapter. If a board of trustees authorizes a person employed as | ||
security personnel to carry a weapon, the person must be a | ||
commissioned peace officer. The jurisdiction of a peace officer, a | ||
school resource officer, or security personnel under this section | ||
shall be determined by the board of trustees and may include all | ||
territory in the boundaries of the school district and all property | ||
outside the boundaries of the district that is owned, leased, or | ||
rented by or otherwise under the control of the school district and | ||
the board of trustees that employ the peace officer or security | ||
personnel or that enter into a memorandum of understanding for the | ||
provision of a school resource officer. | ||
(d) The [ |
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board of trustees of the school district shall determine the law | ||
enforcement duties of peace officers, school resource officers, and | ||
security personnel. The duties must be included in: | ||
(1) the district improvement plan under Section | ||
11.252; | ||
(2) the student code of conduct adopted under Section | ||
37.001; | ||
(3) any memorandum of understanding providing for a | ||
school resource officer; and | ||
(4) any other campus or district document describing | ||
the role of peace officers, school resource officers, or security | ||
personnel in the district. | ||
(d-1) A school district peace officer, a school resource | ||
officer, and security personnel shall perform law enforcement | ||
duties for the school district that [ |
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protecting: | ||
(1) the safety and welfare of any person in the | ||
jurisdiction of the peace officer, resource officer, or security | ||
personnel; and | ||
(2) the property of the school district. | ||
(d-2) A school district may not assign or require as duties | ||
of a school district peace officer, a school resource officer, or | ||
security personnel: | ||
(1) routine student discipline or school | ||
administrative tasks; or | ||
(2) contact with students unrelated to the law | ||
enforcement duties of the peace officer, resource officer, or | ||
security personnel. | ||
(d-3) This section does not prohibit a school district peace | ||
officer, a school resource officer, or security personnel from | ||
informal contact with a student unrelated to: | ||
(1) the assigned duties of the officer or security | ||
personnel; or | ||
(2) an incident involving student behavior or law | ||
enforcement. | ||
(d-4) In determining the law enforcement duties under | ||
Subsection (d), the board of trustees of the school district shall | ||
coordinate with district campus behavior coordinators and other | ||
district employees to ensure that school district peace officers, | ||
school resource officers, and security personnel are tasked only | ||
with duties related to law enforcement intervention and not tasked | ||
with behavioral or administrative duties better addressed by other | ||
district employees. | ||
SECTION 4. 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. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1707 passed the Senate on | ||
April 17, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1707 passed the House on | ||
May 16, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 100, Nays 32, | ||
two present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |