Section 25.0815 - Operation and Instructional Time Waivers for School Safety Training(a) The commissioner shall provide a waiver allowing for fewer minutes of operation and instructional time than required under Section 25.081(a) for a school district that requires each educator employed by the district to attend an approved school safety training course.(b) A waiver under this section:(1) must allow sufficient time for the school district's educators to attend the school safety training course; and(2) may not: (A) result in an inadequate number of minutes of instructional time for students; or(B) reduce the number of minutes of operation and instructional time by more than 420 minutes.(c) To be approved under this section, a school safety training course must apply to the Texas School Safety Center. The Texas School Safety Center may approve a training course if the course satisfies the training requirements as determined by the center.(d) The commissioner may adopt rules to implement this section.Tex. Educ. Code § 25.0815
Added by Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 464,Sec. 6, eff. 6/6/2019.