bill giving parents a copy of school emergency procedures

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89R10007 RDR-D

By: Ward Johnson
H.B. No. 3341

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to providing to parents a copy of certain procedures

included in a public school's multihazard emergency operations

plan.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 37.108, Education Code, is amended by

adding Subsection (c-3) to read as follows:

(c-3) At the beginning of the school year, a school district

shall provide to the parent or guardian of each student enrolled in

the district a written copy of the district's procedures in its

multihazard emergency operations plan involving the care of

students in the event of an emergency, including:

(1) a natural disaster;

(2) a temperature event involving extreme heat or

cold;

(3) a power outage affecting food distribution to

students;

(4) an active shooter emergency described by

Subsection (g); and

(5) a declared emergency in the district or this

state.

SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026

school year.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives

a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as

provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2025.