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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to emergency response alarms at public schools. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 37, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 37.111 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 37.111. EMERGENCY RESPONSE ALARMS. (a) Each school |
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district shall equip each district school with three or more |
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electronic alarms designed to be used to alert law enforcement of |
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the need for an emergency response. The alarm must be easy to |
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activate and may be controlled by a button. |
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(b) The board of trustees of each school district shall |
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adopt a policy for placement and use at the district's schools of |
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the alarms described by Subsection (a). The policy must: |
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(1) require that: |
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(A) at least one of the alarms be placed in the |
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school principal's office; and |
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(B) another of the alarms be placed in another |
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location at the school; |
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(2) require that a designated school employee wear a |
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mobile version of the alarm at school throughout each school day; |
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and |
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(3) permit activation of an alarm, other than in a |
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drill, only in response to a threat, or perceived threat, posed by a |
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person carrying a firearm on school premises. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |