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TITLE 37PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS
PART 1TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
CHAPTER 6LICENSE TO CARRY HANDGUNS
SUBCHAPTER DSCHOOL SAFETY CERTIFICATION FOR QUALIFIED HANDGUN INSTRUCTORS
RULE §6.62Certified School Safety Courses

(a) A certified school safety instructor may provide school safety training to employees of a school district or an open-enrollment charter school who are current holders of a license to carry a handgun.

(b) The school safety course must be taught using the department approved curriculum and examinations. The course of instruction for school safety instructors shall be 15-20 hours in length.

(c) School safety courses must have a certified school safety instructor to student ratio of no greater than 1:6 and may have no more than twelve students per course.

(d) Following the classroom portion and the practical exercises, students must pass the department approved final written examination with a score of 90% or better. Failing students will not receive a certificate of completion from the instructor. The student may reapply as a new applicant for a future course.

(e) The students will participate in 5 practical exercises. One of these exercises involves shooting a handgun. The students must participate and perform adequately to progress through the class, as determined by the instructor. The practical exercises may not be provided to students in advance, and students may not be permitted to practice.

(f) On completion of the school safety course, the certified school safety instructor who conducted the course shall submit a report within five business days to the department indicating only whether the participants in the course passed or failed. The report must be submitted in the manner determined by the department.

(g) Students who pass the course shall be provided a form approved by the department.

(h) Certified school safety instructors must comply with this chapter's rules relating to license to a qualified handgun instructor license course scheduling, reporting, and record retention unless otherwise provided in this section.


Source Note: The provisions of this §6.62 adopted to be effective March 15, 2017, 42 TexReg 1138

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