By: Patrick, Estes	S.B. No. 17

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the training in school safety of certain employees of a
	school district or an open-enrollment charter school authorized to
	carry a concealed handgun on school premises.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Chapter 37, Education Code, is amended by adding
	Subchapter J to read as follows:
	SUBCHAPTER J. SAFETY TRAINING FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES
	Sec. 37.314  DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING PROGRAM
	FOR DISTRICT OR OPEN-ENROLLMENT CHARTER SCHOOL EMPLOYEES LICENSED
	TO CARRY A CONCEALED HANDGUN. (a) The Department of Public Safety
	shall establish and maintain a training program in school safety
	and the protection of students for employees of a school district or
	an open-enrollment charter school who hold a license to carry a
	concealed handgun issued under Subchapter H, Chapter 411,
	Government Code, and who are authorized to carry a concealed
	handgun under Section 46.03(a)(1), Penal Code, and selected by the
	board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of an
	open-enrollment charter school to attend the training program.
	(b)  Each school year, the Department of Public Safety shall
	provide the training program under Subsection (a) at no charge for
	two employees at a school campus that does not have security
	personnel or a commissioned peace officer assigned full-time to the
	school campus.
	(c)  The Department of Public Safety may provide the training
	program under Subsection (a) to school employees in addition to
	those attending the training under Subsection (b) on payment of a
	fee by the school district or open-enrollment charter school
	employing the employee.
	(d)  This subchapter does not waive any liability or immunity
	of a school district or an open-enrollment charter school or The
	Department of Public Safety or of an officer or employee of the
	district or charter school or the Department of Public Safety. This
	section does not create any liability for or a cause of action
	against a school district or an open-enrollment charter school or
	The Department of Public Safety or an officer or employee of the
	district or charter school or The Department of Public Safety.
	SECTION 2.  The Department of Public Safety is required to
	implement Section 37.314, Education Code, as added by this Act,
	only if the legislature appropriates money specifically for that
	purpose. If the legislature does not appropriate money specifically
	for that purpose, The Department of Public Safety may, but is not
	required to, implement Section 37.314, Education Code, as added by
	this Act, using other appropriations available for that purpose.
	SECTION 3.  This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014
	school year.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.