Section 37.0812 - Training Policy: School District Peace Officers and School Resource Officers(a) A school district peace officer or school resource officer shall complete an active shooter response training program approved by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement at least once in each four-year period. (b) A school district that commissions a school district peace officer or at which a school resource officer provides law enforcement shall adopt a policy requiring the officer to complete the education and training program required by Section 1701.263, Occupations Code.(c)[See note]
A school district may not contract for the provision of active shooter response training under this section unless the training provider is certified under Section 1701.2515, Occupations Code, to provide the training. Tex. Educ. Code § 37.0812
Amended by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 1152,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2023, subsection (c) applies only to active shooter training provided on or after December 1, 2024.Amended by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 896,Sec. 9, eff. 9/1/2023.Amended by Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 1108,Sec. 2, eff. 6/14/2019.Amended by Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 464,Sec. 9, eff. 6/6/2019.Added by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1258,Sec. 1, eff. 6/20/2015. See Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 1108, Sec. 4.