TITLE: Relating to the status of certain training programs for peace officers, reserve law enforcement officers, county jailers, and recruits.

SUMMARY: Relating to the status of certain training programs for peace officers, reserve law enforcement officers, county jailers, and recruits.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the status of certain training programs for peace officers, reserve law enforcement officers, county jailers, and recruits. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 1701.254, Occupations Code, is amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: (e) The commission may not adopt rules under Subsection (d) that place a training provider on at-risk probationary status based solely on the scores of the provider's students on licensing examinations if at least 80 percent of the provider's students pass, by the student's third attempt, the examination required for the type of license sought. SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2012, the Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education shall adopt rules necessary to implement the change in law made by this Act. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.