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Texas Education Code - EDUC § 25.0815. Operation and Instructional Time Waivers for School Safety Training

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(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.

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