Section 411.1901 - School Safety Certification for Qualified Handgun Instructors(a) The department shall establish a process to enable qualified handgun instructors certified under Section 411.190 to obtain an additional certification in school safety. The process must include a school safety certification course that provides training in the following:(1) the protection of students;(2) interaction of license holders with first responders;(3) tactics for denying an intruder entry into a classroom or school facility; and(4) methods for increasing a license holder's accuracy with a handgun while under duress.(b) The school safety certification course under Subsection (a) must include not less than 15 hours and not more than 20 hours of instruction.(c) A qualified handgun instructor certified in school safety under this section may provide school safety training, including instruction in the subjects listed under Subsection (a), to employees of a school district or an open-enrollment charter school who hold a license to carry a handgun issued under this subchapter.(d) The department shall establish a fee in an amount that is sufficient to cover the costs of the school safety certification under this section.(e) The department may adopt rules to administer this section.Tex. Gov't. Code § 411.1901
Amended by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 437,Sec. 24, eff. 1/1/2016.Added by Acts 2013, Texas Acts of the 83rd Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 498,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2013.