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LEGISLATION REQUIRED Education Assistance 4
RECOMMENDATION
Texas should increase the number of instructional staff at the Texas Engineering
Extension Service's training program.
COMMENTS:
" For decades one of the largest providers of training in the country, the Texas
Engineering Extension Service (TEEX), has developed a variety of public safety
training programs, products and services.
" Many TEEX programs are designed to teach how to respond in emergency situa-
tions. Some of TEEX's programs are nationally recognized in terrorism response
training circles.
" The U.S. Congress established the National Emergency Response and Rescue
Training Center (NERRTC) in 1997 to become the nation's premiere training organ-
ization in the area of weapons of mass destruction. The Emergency Services
Training Institute, a division of TEEX, provides training for NERRTC to emergency
personnel around the country.
" Terrorism-related training courses are provided statewide to fire fighters and other
emergency personnel, also known as emergency first responders.
" TEEX has the national reputation, technical competency and existing state delivery
system to reach out and quickly implement terrorism and weapons of mass destruc-
tion response training to emergency personnel throughout the state. However, with a
staff of only eight instructors, TEEX can respond to less than half of the training
requests it receives.
" To satisfy all statewide training requests, the agency requires 12 additional instruc-
tors. With the additional qualified instructors, TEEX can begin delivering terrorism
response training to Texas emergency personnel almost immediately.
LEGISLATION REQUIRED
The Legislature could provide additional funding for the Texas Engineering Extension
Service, Article III, Higher Education under Goal A. Provide Training, Strategy A.1.1
Public Sector Training.
FISCAL IMPACT
The estimated cost to the General Revenue Fund to implement this proposal would be
$2.24 million in the first year and $1.86 million in following years. This would pro-
vide 12 additional employees and the tools they would need to do their jobs. The
General Revenue Fund would be the funding mechanism used to fill this need if fed-
eral funds are not identified, or if fees are not collected.For more detail on the Texas War Relief Package go to http://www.window.state.tx.us/wrp/
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