HB4548 - Relating to assessment and reporting requirements regarding safety and security in public schools.

  89R13150 RAL-D     By: Oliverson H.B. No. 4548       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to assessment and reporting requirements regarding safety   and security in public schools.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 37.1083, Education Code, is amended by   amending Subsections (c), (g), and (h) and adding Subsection (h-1)   to read as follows:          (c)  The agency shall, in coordination with the Texas School   Safety Center and relevant local law enforcement agencies, provide   technical assistance to school districts to support the   implementation and operation of safety and security requirements ,   including providing resources that a school district may use for   reporting requirements imposed under this section .          (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 , including providing resources that a school district may   use for reporting requirements imposed 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) ; and                 (3)  information related to:                       (A)     threat assessments conducted under Section   37.115;                       (B)  emergency management;                       (C)     vulnerability assessments conducted under   this section; and                       (D)     intruder detection audits conducted under   Section 37.1084 .           (h-1)     Notwithstanding any other provision of this section,   the agency may not prescribe the manner in which a school district   submits information to the agency under this section.          SECTION 2.  Section 37.115, Education Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (k-1) to read as follows:           (k-1)     Notwithstanding any other provision of this section,   the agency may not prescribe the threat assessment materials or   instrument used under this section or the manner in which a team   must conduct a threat assessment under this section.          SECTION 3.  This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026   school year.          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, 2025.