Tex. Educ. Code § 25.0815 · Subchapter C. OPERATION OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
OPERATION AND INSTRUCTIONAL TIME WAIVERS FOR SCHOOL SAFETY TRAINING.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commissioner shall provide a waiver allowing for fewer minutes of operation and instructional time than required under Section 25.081(a) for a school district that requires each educator employed by the district to attend an approved school safety training course.
(b) A waiver under this section:
(1) must allow sufficient time for the school district's educators to attend the school safety training course; and
(2) may not:
(A) result in an inadequate number of minutes of instructional time for students; or
(B) reduce the number of minutes of operation and instructional time by more than 420 minutes.
(c) To be approved under this section, a school safety training course must apply to the Texas School Safety Center. The Texas School Safety Center may approve a training course if the course satisfies the training requirements as determined by the center.
(d) The commissioner may adopt rules to implement this section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 464 (S.B. 11), Sec. 6, eff. June 6, 2019.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.25.htm
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