By: Zaffirini	S.B. No. 1525
	(In the Senate - Filed March 8, 2013; March 19, 2013, read
	first time and referred to Committee on Higher Education;
	April 24, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 5,
	Nays 0; April 24, 2013, sent to printer.)

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to including disability awareness training in risk
	management programs required for members and advisors of student
	organizations at postsecondary educational institutions.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subsection (g), Section 51.9361, Education Code,
	is amended to read as follows:
	(g)  A program under this section may address any issue
	determined appropriate by the postsecondary educational
	institution and must address:
	(1)  possession and use of alcoholic beverages and
	illegal drugs, including penalties that may be imposed for
	possession or use;
	(2)  hazing;
	(3)  sexual abuse and harassment;
	(4)  fire and other safety issues, including the
	possession and use of a firearm or other weapon or of an explosive
	device;
	(5)  travel to a destination outside the area in which
	the institution is located;
	(6)  behavior at parties and other events held by a
	student organization; [and]
	(7)  adoption by a student organization of a risk
	management policy; and
	(8)  issues regarding persons with disabilities,
	including a review of applicable requirements of federal and state
	law, and any related policies of the institution, for providing
	reasonable accommodations and modifications to address the needs of
	students with disabilities, including access to the activities of
	the student organization.
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act to Subsection
	(g), Section 51.9361, Education Code, applies beginning with a risk
	management program provided at a public or private postsecondary
	educational institution for the 2013-2014 academic year.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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