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Emergency Management 9 LEGISLATION REQUIRED
RECOMMENDATIONS
A. School districts should develop new school safety plans or expand existing
plans to include a response to domestic terrorism.
B. The Texas School Safety Center at Southwest Texas State University should
develop or contract for model school safety plans for small, medium and large
size school districts.
C. The Texas School Safety Center should expand its services to include planning
for domestic terrorism.
COMMENTS:
" The national tragedies on September 11, 2001 require a change in the manner that
school administrators define and plan for school safety.
- Texas law does not require school districts to develop a school safety plan, although
many schools may have a safety or crisis management plan in place.
- The Texas School Safety Center at Southwest Texas State University was estab-
lished in state law to provide training and technical assistance for the prevention of
school violence on Texas campuses.
LEGISLATION REQUIRED
The Texas Education Code, Chapter 37, should be amended require school districts to
develop school safety plans:that address internal and external threats to security and
require the Texas School Safety Center to develop or contract for model school safety
plans for small, medium and large size school districts. Chapter 37, Subchapter G of the
Texas Education Code should be amended to expand the services of the Texas School
Safety Center at Southwest Texas State University to include planning for domestic ter-
rorism.
FISCAL IMPACT
The estimated increase in General Revenue funds for model school safety plans is a
one-time cost of $100,000, to be used by the Texas School Safety Center to developV
or contract for the development of model school safety plans for small, medium and .
large size school districts.
The estimated increase in General Revenue to expand.the services of the Texas
School Safety Center is.$125,000 per year. It is estimated that these funds will
include an increase of two full-time employees.For more detail on the Texas War Relief Package go to http://www.window.state.tx.us/wrp/
32 TEXAS RESPONDS - Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
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Texas. Comptroller's Office. Texas Responds: The Texas War Relief Package, text, November 2001; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth654370/m1/42/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.