Tex. Education Code § 33.099
This is the official text of Tex. Education Code § 33.099, part of Texas’s Education Code — governs public schools and universities in Texas.
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§ 33.099. SAFETY OF OFFICIAL.
Official statutory text
A school district or open-enrollment charter school that holds an extracurricular athletic activity or a University Interscholastic League athletic competition on district or school property shall provide a peace officer, a school resource officer, an administrator, or security personnel to ensure the safety of a referee, judge, or other official of the activity or competition until the official departs district or school property if:
(1) a participant or spectator of the activity or competition engages in, attempts to engage in, or threatens violent conduct against the official or otherwise disrupts the duties or free movement of the official; or
(2) the district or school reasonably suspects that an incident described by Subdivision (1) may occur at the activity or competition.
(1) a participant or spectator of the activity or competition engages in, attempts to engage in, or threatens violent conduct against the official or otherwise disrupts the duties or free movement of the official; or
(2) the district or school reasonably suspects that an incident described by Subdivision (1) may occur at the activity or competition.
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