Tex. Educ. Code § 37.2071 · Subchapter G. TEXAS SCHOOL SAFETY CENTER
DISTRICT MULTIHAZARD EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN REVIEW AND VERIFICATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The center shall establish a random or need-based cycle for the center's review and verification of school district and public junior college district multihazard emergency operations plans adopted under Section 37.108. The cycle must provide for each district's plan to be reviewed at regular intervals as determined by the center.
(b) A school district or public junior college district shall submit its multihazard emergency operations plan to the center:
(1) not later than the 30th day after the date the center requests the submission; and
(2) in accordance with the center's review cycle developed under Subsection (a).
(c) The center shall review each district's multihazard emergency operations plan submitted under Subsection (b) and:
(1) verify the plan meets the requirements of Section 37.108; or
(2) provide the district with written notice:
(A) describing the plan's deficiencies;
(B) including specific recommendations to correct the deficiencies; and
(C) stating that the district must correct the deficiencies in its plan and resubmit the revised plan to the center.
(d) If a district fails to submit its multihazard emergency operations plan to the center for review following a notification by the center that the district has failed to submit the district's plan, the center shall provide the district with written notice stating that the district must hold a public hearing under Section 37.1081.
(e) The center may approve a district multihazard emergency operations plan that has deficiencies if the district submits a revised plan that the center determines will correct the deficiencies.
(f) If one month after the date of initial notification of a plan's deficiencies under Subsection (c)(2) a district has not corrected the plan deficiencies, the center shall provide written notice to the district and agency that the district has not complied with the requirements of this section and must comply immediately.
(g) If a school district still has not corrected the plan deficiencies three months after the date of initial notification under Subsection (c)(2), the center shall provide written notice to the school district stating that the district must hold a public hearing under Section 37.1081.
(h) If a school district has failed to submit a plan, the notice required by Subsection (d) must state that the commissioner is authorized to appoint a conservator under Section 37.1082.
(i) Any document or information collected, developed, or produced during the review and verification of multihazard emergency operations plans under this section is not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 464 (S.B. 11), Sec. 15, eff. June 6, 2019.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 896 (H.B. 3), Sec. 17, eff. September 1, 2023.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.37.htm
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Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Education Code
- Tex. Educ. Code § 37.108MULTIHAZARD EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN; SAFETY AND SECURITY AUDIT.Printed as Section 37.108
- Tex. Educ. Code § 37.1081PUBLIC HEARING ON MULTIHAZARD EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN NONCOMPLIANCE.Printed as Section 37.1081
- Tex. Educ. Code § 37.1082MULTIHAZARD EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN NONCOMPLIANCE; APPOINTMENT OF CONSERVATOR OR BOARD OF MANAGERS.Printed as Section 37.1082
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Education Code
- Tex. Educ. Code § 12.104APPLICABILITY OF TITLE.Printed as Sections 37.0814, 37.108, 37.1081, 37.1082, 37.1083, 37.1084, 37.1085, 37.1086, 37.1087, 37.109, 37.113, 37.114, 37.1141, 37.115, 37.207, and 37.2071
- Tex. Educ. Code § 37.1081PUBLIC HEARING ON MULTIHAZARD EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN NONCOMPLIANCE.Printed as Section 37.207(e) or 37.2071(d)
- Tex. Educ. Code § 37.207MODEL SAFETY AND SECURITY AUDIT PROCEDURE.Printed as Section 37.2071
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