(a) The commissioner shall provide a waiver allowing for fewer minutes of operation and instructional time than required under § 25.081(a) for a school district that requires each educator employed by the district to attend an approved school safety training course.
(b) A waiver under this section:
(1) must allow sufficient time for the school district’s educators to attend the school safety training course; and
(2) may not:
(A) result in an inadequate number of minutes of instructional time for students; or
(B) reduce the number of minutes of operation and instructional time by more than 420 minutes.

(c) To be approved under this section, a school safety training course must apply to the Texas School Safety Center. The Texas School Safety Center may approve a training course if the course satisfies the training requirements as determined by the center.
(d) The commissioner may adopt rules to implement this section.