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2019 Texas Statutes
Education Code
Title 2 - Public Education
Subtitle G - Safe Schools
Chapter 37 - Discipline; Law and Order
Subchapter D. Protection of Buildings and Grounds
Section 37.114. Emergency Evacuations; Mandatory School Drills
Universal Citation: TX Educ Code § 37.114 (2019)
Sec. 37.114. EMERGENCY EVACUATIONS; MANDATORY SCHOOL DRILLS. The commissioner, in consultation with the Texas School Safety Center and the state fire marshal, shall adopt rules:
(1) providing procedures for evacuating and securing school property during an emergency; and
(2) designating the number of mandatory school drills to be conducted each semester of the school year, not to exceed eight drills, including designating the number of:
(A) evacuation fire exit drills; and
(B) lockdown, lockout, shelter-in-place, and evacuation drills.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 464 (S.B. 11), Sec. 13, eff. June 6, 2019.
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