TX SB936

Texas School Safety Center is authorized to conduct random safety and security audits of school districts, including policy assessments, record inspections, surveys/interviews of students, teachers, staff, and parents, intruder assessments testing access controls, and site visits with walk-throughs of facilities and grounds

School districts must grant Texas School Safety Center employees reasonable access to facilities and school grounds for audit purposes

Board of trustees members or superintendents who obstruct an authorized audit face civil penalties of $50-$500 per violation, with each day of continuing violation counting as a separate offense

Attorney General may bring action to recover civil penalties and reasonable expenses including court costs, attorney's fees, investigative costs, witness fees, and deposition expenses

Open-enrollment charter schools are explicitly made subject to these random safety and security audit requirements, with the provisions applying beginning with the 2025-2026 school year