Tex. Educ. Code § 37.0818 · Subchapter C. LAW AND ORDER
PRIVATE SCHOOL PEACE OFFICERS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This section applies only to a private school that has an enrollment of at least 1,500 students.
(b) The governing body of a private school to which this section applies may commission peace officers to enforce state and local law on a campus of the school.
(c) A peace officer commissioned by a private school under this section must meet all minimum standards for peace officers established by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 624 (H.B. 4372), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.37.htm
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