HB5230 - Relating to emergency response management training for certain administrators and security personnel at public schools.

  89R12424 BCH-D     By: Ward Johnson H.B. No. 5230       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to emergency response management training for certain   administrators and security personnel at public schools.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 12.104(b), Education Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (b)  An open-enrollment charter school is subject to:                (1)  a provision of this title establishing a criminal   offense;                (2)  the provisions in Chapter 554, Government Code;   and                (3)  a prohibition, restriction, or requirement, as   applicable, imposed by this title or a rule adopted under this   title, relating to:                      (A)  the Public Education Information Management   System (PEIMS) to the extent necessary to monitor compliance with   this subchapter as determined by the commissioner;                      (B)  criminal history records under Subchapter C,   Chapter 22;                      (C)  reading instruments and accelerated reading   instruction programs under Section 28.006;                      (D)  accelerated instruction under Section   28.0211;                      (E)  high school graduation requirements under   Section 28.025;                      (F)  special education programs under Subchapter   A, Chapter 29;                      (G)  bilingual education under Subchapter B,   Chapter 29;                      (H)  prekindergarten programs under Subchapter E   or E-1, Chapter 29, except class size limits for prekindergarten   classes imposed under Section 25.112, which do not apply;                      (I)  extracurricular activities under Section   33.081;                      (J)  discipline management practices or behavior   management techniques under Section 37.0021;                      (K)  health and safety under Chapter 38;                      (L)  the provisions of Subchapter A, Chapter 39;                      (M)  public school accountability and special   investigations under Subchapters A, B, C, D, F, G, and J, Chapter   39, and Chapter 39A;                      (N)  the requirement under Section 21.006 to   report an educator's misconduct;                      (O)  intensive programs of instruction under   Section 28.0213;                      (P)  the right of a school employee to report a   crime, as provided by Section 37.148;                      (Q)  bullying prevention policies and procedures   under Section 37.0832;                      (R)  the right of a school under Section 37.0052   to place a student who has engaged in certain bullying behavior in a   disciplinary alternative education program or to expel the student;                      (S)  the right under Section 37.0151 to report to   local law enforcement certain conduct constituting assault or   harassment;                      (T)  a parent's right to information regarding the   provision of assistance for learning difficulties to the parent's   child as provided by Sections 26.004(b)(11) and 26.0081(c) and (d);                      (U)  establishment of residency under Section   25.001;                      (V)  school safety requirements under Sections   37.0814, 37.108, 37.1081, 37.1082, 37.1083, 37.1084, 37.1085,   37.1086, 37.109, 37.113, 37.114, 37.1141, 37.115, 37.116,  37.207,   and 37.2071 and Subchapter J, Chapter 37;                      (W)  the early childhood literacy and mathematics   proficiency plans under Section 11.185;                      (X)  the college, career, and military readiness   plans under Section 11.186; and                      (Y)  parental options to retain a student under   Section 28.02124.          SECTION 2.  Subchapter D, Chapter 37, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 37.116 to read as follows:           Sec.   37.116.     EMERGENCY RESPONSE TRAINING. (a)   A school   district may require each principal, assistant principal, school   marshal, school district peace officer, school resource officer,   and school security personnel employed by or assigned to the   district to complete the following emergency response management   training courses provided by the Federal Emergency Management   Agency:                 (1)  Introduction to the Incident Command System;                 (2)     Basic Incident Command System for Initial   Response;                 (3)     An Introduction to the National Incident   Management System; and                   (4)  National Response Framework, An Introduction.           (b)     The board of trustees of a school district that requires   the completion of training courses under Subsection (a) shall adopt   policies to:                 (1)     verify completion of the training by each person   required to complete the training under Subsection (a); and                 (2)     provide annual emergency response management   training exercises incorporating the training required under   Subsection (a).          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.