Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HB1334 Compare Versions

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1	1	81R5771 KKA-D
2	2	By: Lucio III H.B. No. 1334
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the employment of certified counselors by school
8	8	districts.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Sections 33.002(b) and (c), Education Code, are
11	11	amended to read as follows:
12	12	(b) A school district with 300 [500] or more students in
13	13	enrollment [enrolled in elementary school grades] shall employ a
14	14	counselor certified under the rules of the State Board for Educator
15	15	Certification for each [elementary] school in the district. A
16	16	school district shall employ at least one counselor for every 300
17	17	[500 elementary school] students in the district.
18	18	(c) A school district with fewer than 300 [500] students in
19	19	enrollment [enrolled in elementary school grades] shall provide
20	20	guidance and counseling services to [elementary school] students
21	21	by:
22	22	(1) employing a part-time counselor certified under
23	23	the rules of the State Board for Educator Certification;
24	24	(2) employing a part-time teacher certified as a
25	25	counselor under the rules of the State Board for Educator
26	26	Certification; or
27	27	(3) entering into a shared services arrangement
28	28	agreement with one or more school districts to share a counselor
29	29	certified under the rules of the State Board for Educator
30	30	Certification.
31	31	SECTION 2. Section 42.152(i), Education Code, is amended to
32	32	read as follows:
33	33	(i) From the total amount of funds appropriated for
34	34	allotments under this section, the commissioner shall, each fiscal
35	35	year, withhold $7,500,000 or a greater amount as determined in the
36	36	General Appropriations Act and distribute that amount for programs
37	37	under Subchapter A, Chapter 33. Funds distributed under this
38	38	subsection are in addition to any other funds available for
39	39	programs under Subchapter A, Chapter 33, including funds provided
40	40	under Section 42.2519. [A program established under that subchapter
41	41	is required only in school districts in which the program is
42	42	financed by funds distributed under this section or other funds
43	43	distributed by the commissioner for a program under that
44	44	subchapter. In distributing those funds, preference shall be given
45	45	to a school district that received funds for a program under this
46	46	subsection for the preceding school year.]
47	47	SECTION 3. Subchapter E, Chapter 42, Education Code, is
48	48	amended by adding Section 42.2519 to read as follows:
49	49	Sec. 42.2519. ADDITIONAL STATE AID FOR CERTIFIED
50	50	COUNSELORS. (a) For each school year, from funds that may be used
51	51	for the purpose, a school district is entitled to state aid in an
52	52	amount, as determined by the commissioner, sufficient to assist the
53	53	district in employing the number of certified counselors required
54	54	by Section 33.002.
55	55	(b) The amount of state aid to which a school district is
56	56	entitled under this section is in addition to the amount of revenue
57	57	to which the district is entitled under Section 42.2516(b).
58	58	(c) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to
59	59	administer this section.
60	60	SECTION 4. Section 33.002(a), Education Code, is repealed.
61	61	SECTION 5. This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010
62	62	school year.
63	63	SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.