85R7022 GCB-D
	By: Villalba	H.B. No. 1313

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the establishment of school marshal grant programs by
	the criminal justice division of the governor's office and the
	adoption of a school marshals promotion program.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 37.0811, Education Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (i) to read as follows:
	(i)  A school district or open-enrollment charter school may
	request a grant under:
	(1)  the school marshal support grant program
	established under Section 772.0064, Government Code; and
	(2)  the school marshal notice grant program
	established under Section 772.0065, Government Code.
	SECTION 2.  Subchapter A, Chapter 772, Government Code, is
	amended by adding Sections 772.0064 and 772.0065 to read as
	follows:
	Sec. 772.0064.  SCHOOL MARSHAL SUPPORT GRANT PROGRAM. (a)
	From funds appropriated to the governor for that purpose, the
	criminal justice division established under Section 772.006 shall
	establish a grant program under which grants are awarded to a school
	district or open-enrollment charter school to support the
	appointment of a school marshal by the district or school.
	(b)  Grant money awarded under this section may be used by
	the school district or open-enrollment charter school to pay the
	costs of providing an appointed school marshal with:
	(1)  training;
	(2)  a handgun to be carried by the school marshal in
	compliance with Section 37.0811, Education Code, and the written
	regulations adopted by a school under that section; and
	(3)  the appropriate ammunition for use by the school
	marshal in compliance with Section 37.0811, Education Code, and the
	written regulations adopted by a school under that section.
	(c)  The criminal justice division shall award grants to
	school districts and open-enrollment charter schools under this
	section until the funds appropriated for the grant program are
	expended.
	Sec. 772.0065.  SCHOOL MARSHAL NOTICE GRANT PROGRAM. (a)
	From funds appropriated to the governor for that purpose, the
	criminal justice division established under Section 772.006 shall
	establish a grant program under which grants are awarded to enable a
	school district or open-enrollment charter school that has
	appointed a school marshal to provide notice about the school
	marshal.
	(b)  Grant money awarded under this section may be used by
	the school district or open-enrollment charter school to pay the
	costs of posting signage or otherwise providing notice in multiple
	places on a campus at which a school marshal is an employee to
	provide notice that an employee of the campus is a school marshal
	authorized to carry or possess a handgun on the campus.
	(c)  The criminal justice division shall award grants to
	school districts and open-enrollment charter schools under this
	section until the funds appropriated for the grant program are
	expended.
	SECTION 3.  Subchapter F, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, is
	amended by adding Section 1701.2601 to read as follows:
	Sec. 1701.2601.  SCHOOL MARSHALS PROMOTION PROGRAM. From
	funds appropriated for the purpose, the commission shall develop
	and implement a program to:
	(1)  notify school districts and open-enrollment
	charter schools about the authority to appoint school marshals
	under Section 37.0811, Education Code;
	(2)  provide education about:
	(A)  the benefits of school marshals; and
	(B)  the school marshal support grant program
	under Section 772.0064, Government Code, and the school marshal
	notice grant program under Section 772.0065, Government Code; and
	(3)  encourage schools to appoint school marshals.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.