Texas Education Code

§ 37.015 — REPORTS TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT; LIABILITY

ED § 37.015Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION · Part G. SAFE SCHOOLS · Ch. 37. DISCIPLINE; LAW AND ORDER · Art. A. ALTERNATIVE SETTINGS FOR BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT

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(a)The principal of a public or private primary or secondary school, or a person designated by the principal under Subsection (d), shall notify any school district police department and the police department of the municipality in which the school is located or, if the school is not in a municipality, the sheriff of the county in which the school is located if the principal has reasonable grounds to believe that any of the following activities occur in school, on school property, or at a school-sponsored or school-related activity on or off school property, whether or not the activity is investigated by school security officers:

(1)conduct that may constitute an offense listed under Section 508.149, Government Code;

(2)deadly conduct under Section 22.05, Penal Code;

(3)a terroristic threat under Section 22.07, Penal Code;

(4)the use, sale, or possession of a controlled substance, drug paraphernalia, or marihuana under Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code;

(5)the possession of any of the weapons or devices listed under Sections 46.01(1)-(14) or Section 46.01(16), Penal Code;

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Legislative history

Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1066 (H.B. 6), Sec. 15, eff. June 20, 2025.