Menéndez’s Map Study Also Makes Schools Mail One More Copy

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89R15805 JDK-D

By: Menéndez
S.B. No. 2467

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a study by the Texas School Safety Center on public

school emergency response maps.

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

SECTION 1. Section 37.117, Education Code, as added by

Chapter 896 (H.B. 3), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular

Session, 2023, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 37.117. EMERGENCY RESPONSE MAP AND WALK-THROUGH. Each

school district and open-enrollment charter school shall provide to

the Department of Public Safety , the Texas School Safety Center,

and all appropriate local law enforcement agencies and emergency

first responders:

(1) an accurate map of each district campus and school

building that is developed and documented in accordance with the

standards described by Section 37.351 related to developing site

and floor plans, access control, and exterior door numbering; and

(2) an opportunity to conduct a walk-through of each

district campus and school building using the map described by

Subdivision (1).

SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 37, Education Code, is

amended by adding Section 37.1171 to read as follows:

Sec. 37.1171. EMERGENCY RESPONSE MAP STUDY. (a) In this

section, "center" means the Texas School Safety Center.

(b) The center shall conduct a study of the emergency

response maps submitted to the center by a school district or

open-enrollment charter school under Section 37.117. In conducting

the study, the center shall:

(1) review the types of maps received, including

analyzing any variances in complexity or consistency of the maps;

(2) identify the mapping options available for an

emergency response map;

(3) identify the information an emergency response map

should include;

(4) analyze the costs associated with creating an

emergency response map based on the complexity of the map; and

(5) consider input from school districts,

open-enrollment charter schools, law enforcement agencies, and

specialists in geospatial mapping techniques on the aspects of the

maps that require improvement or standardization across school

districts and open-enrollment charter schools.

(c) Not later than September 1, 2026, the center shall

prepare and submit to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of

the house of representatives, and standing legislative committees

with primary jurisdiction over primary and secondary education a

written report on the results of the study and any recommendations

for legislative or other action.

(d) This section expires September 1, 2027.

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.