Relating to the requirement that providers of active shooter training at public schools and institutions of higher education obtain a certificate issued by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.
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| By: West | S.B. No. 999 | |
| (King of Uvalde) | ||
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| relating to the requirement that providers of active shooter | ||
| training at public schools and institutions of higher education | ||
| obtain a certificate issued by the Texas Commission on Law | ||
| Enforcement. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 37.1141, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (c-1) A school district may not contract for the provision | ||
| of active shooter training for the students or employees of a school | ||
| unless the training provider is certified under Section 1701.2515, | ||
| Occupations Code, to provide the training. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 51.9363 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 51.9363. ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING PROVIDERS. An | ||
| institution of higher education, as defined by Section 61.003, may | ||
| not contract for the provision of active shooter training for the | ||
| students or employees of the institution unless the training | ||
| provider is certified under Section 1701.2515, Occupations Code, to | ||
| provide the training. | ||
| SECTION 3. Subchapter F, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 1701.2515 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 1701.2515. CERTIFICATE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE ACTIVE | ||
| SHOOTER TRAINING AT PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER | ||
| EDUCATION. (a) In this section, "institution of higher education" | ||
| has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003, Education Code. | ||
| (b) An individual or a legal entity may not provide active | ||
| shooter training to students or employees at a public primary or | ||
| secondary school or an institution of higher education unless: | ||
| (1) the individual providing the instruction is | ||
| certified by the commission under this section to provide the | ||
| training; and | ||
| (2) if the training is provided by a legal entity, both | ||
| the legal entity and the individual providing the instruction on | ||
| behalf of the legal entity are certified by the commission under | ||
| this section to provide the training. | ||
| (c) The commission shall: | ||
| (1) establish a certification program for providers of | ||
| active shooter training, including for individuals and legal | ||
| entities; and | ||
| (2) issue a certificate to a provider who meets the | ||
| qualifications of the program established under Subdivision (1). | ||
| (d) The commission shall adopt rules for the renewal of a | ||
| certificate issued under this section. The commission may require | ||
| continuing education for the renewal of the certificate. | ||
| SECTION 4. Not later than September 1, 2024, the Texas | ||
| Commission on Law Enforcement shall establish the certification | ||
| program required by Section 1701.2515, Occupations Code, as added | ||
| by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 5. Sections 37.1141(c-1) and 51.9363, Education | ||
| Code, as added by this Act, and Section 1701.2515(b), Occupations | ||
| Code, as added by this Act, apply only to active shooter training | ||
| provided on or after December 1, 2024. | ||
| SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
