H.B. No. 1387

	AN ACT
	relating to the number of school marshals that may be appointed to
	serve on a public school campus or at a private school.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 37.0811(a), Education Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(a)  The board of trustees of a school district or the
	governing body of an open-enrollment charter school may appoint one
	or more school marshals for each campus [not more than the greater
	of:
	[(1)     one school marshal per 200 students in average
	daily attendance per campus; or
	[(2)     for each campus, one school marshal per building
	of the campus at which students regularly receive classroom
	instruction].
	SECTION 2.  Section 37.0813(a), Education Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(a)  The governing body of a private school may appoint one
	or more school marshals [not more than the greater of:
	[(1)     one school marshal per 200 students enrolled in
	the school; or
	[(2)     one school marshal per building of the school at
	which students regularly receive classroom instruction].
	SECTION 3.  This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020
	school year.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 1387 was passed by the House on May 8,
	2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 97, Nays 46, 2 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 1387 was passed by the Senate on May
	22, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 20, Nays 10, 1 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
	_____________________
	Governor