Texas Education Code
§ 37.2121 — MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING AND MUTUAL AID AGREEMENTS
ED § 37.2121Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION · Part G. SAFE SCHOOLS · Ch. 37. DISCIPLINE; LAW AND ORDER · Art. G. TEXAS SCHOOL SAFETY CENTER
Statute text
View on source(a)The center shall identify and inform school districts of the types of entities, including local and regional authorities, other school districts, and emergency first responders, with whom school districts should customarily make efforts to enter into memoranda of understanding or mutual aid agreements addressing issues that affect school safety and security.
(b)The center shall develop guidelines regarding memoranda of understanding and mutual aid agreements between school districts and the entities identified in accordance with Subsection (a). The guidelines:
(1)must include descriptions of the provisions that should customarily be included in each memorandum or agreement with a particular type of entity;
(2)may include sample language for those provisions; and
(3)must be consistent with the Texas Statewide Mutual Aid System established under Subchapter E-1, Chapter 418, Government Code.
(c)The center shall encourage school districts to enter into memoranda of understanding and mutual aid agreements with entities identified in accordance with Subsection (a) that comply with the guidelines developed under Subsection (b).
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Legislative history
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 928 (H.B. 3597), Sec. 5, eff. June 18, 2021.