Texas Education Code

§ 37.108 — MULTIHAZARD EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN; SAFETY AND SECURITY AUDIT

ED § 37.108Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION · Part G. SAFE SCHOOLS · Ch. 37. DISCIPLINE; LAW AND ORDER · Art. D. PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

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(a)Each school district or public junior college district shall adopt and implement a multihazard emergency operations plan for use in the district's facilities. The plan must address prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response, reunification, and recovery, including the prompt recovery of services provided by the school district or public junior college district, as defined by the Texas School Safety Center in conjunction with the governor's office of homeland security, the commissioner of education, and the commissioner of higher education. The plan must provide for:

(1)training in responding to an emergency for district employees, including school district substitute teachers;

(2)measures to ensure district employees, including school district substitute teachers, have classroom access to a telephone, including a cellular telephone, or another electronic communication device allowing for immediate contact with district emergency services or emergency services agencies, law enforcement agencies, health departments, and fire departments;

(3)measures to ensure district communications technology and infrastructure are adequate to allow for communication during an emergency, including measures to ensure the use of standardized response protocol terminology, developed in coordination with the Texas School Safety Center, to facilitate communication between law enforcement, emergency services, district employees, and the public;

(4)if the plan applies to a school district, mandatory school drills and exercises, including drills required under Section 37.114, to prepare district students and employees for responding to an emergency;

(5)measures to ensure coordination with the Department of State Health Services and local emergency management agencies, law enforcement, health departments, and fire departments in the event of an emergency;

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Legislative history

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 258 (S.B. 11), Sec. 3.02, eff. September 1, 2007. Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1326 (S.B. 1504), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2007. Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1280 (H.B. 1831), Sec. 6.01, eff. September 1, 2009. Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1280 (H.B. 1831), Sec. 6.02, eff. September 1, 2009. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 809 (H.B. 332), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 464 (S.B. 11), Sec. 10, eff. June 6, 2019. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1108 (H.B. 2195), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2019. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 806 (H.B. 1525), Sec. 16, eff. September 1, 2021. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 915 (H.B. 3607), Sec. 5.010, eff. September 1, 2021. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 928 (H.B. 3597), Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2021. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 896 (H.B. 3), Sec. 12, eff. September 1, 2023. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 361 (H.B. 33), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2025. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 962 (S.B. 57), Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2025. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1065 (H.B. 2), Sec. 7.07, eff. September 1, 2025. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1070 (H.B. 121), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2025.