88R1491 GCB-D     By: Blanco S.B. No. 1037       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to establishing a committee to develop school safety and   security rules and standards for newly constructed school   facilities.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 7.061, Education Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:          (b-1)  In adopting or amending rules under Subsection (b),   the commissioner shall incorporate the new school facility safety   and security rules and standards developed under Section 7.0615.          SECTION 2.  Subchapter C, Chapter 7, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 7.0615 to read as follows:          Sec. 7.0615.  NEW SCHOOL FACILITY SAFETY AND SECURITY RULES   AND STANDARDS. (a) The commissioner, in collaboration with the   Texas School Safety Center, shall establish a committee to develop   rules and standards for required school safety and security   features for newly constructed school district and open-enrollment   charter school facilities.          (b)  Any school district or open-enrollment charter school   facility for which construction commences on or after January 1,   2024, must comply with the rules and standards developed by the   committee under this section.          (c)  The agency shall publish the rules and standards   developed under this section on the agency's Internet website.          SECTION 3.  (a) Not later than October 1, 2023, the   commissioner of the Texas Education Agency, in collaboration with   the Texas School Safety Center, shall establish the committee   required under Section 7.0615, Education Code, as added by this   Act.          (b)  Not later than December 1, 2023, the Texas Education   Agency shall publish on its Internet website the rules and   standards developed under Section 7.0615, Education Code, as added   by this Act.          SECTION 4.  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, 2023.