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| 1 | 1 | 81R8717 EAH-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Coleman H.B. No. 2711 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the assignment of school nurses at public school | |
| 8 | 8 | campuses. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Section 38.020 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 38.020. NURSE ASSIGNMENT REQUIRED. A school district | |
| 13 | 13 | that has an enrollment of at least 1,000 students shall employ at | |
| 14 | 14 | least one full-time school nurse for each 500 students enrolled in | |
| 15 | 15 | the district. The district shall assign at least one full-time | |
| 16 | 16 | school nurse to each district campus and shall assign any | |
| 17 | 17 | additional school nurses based on the medical needs of students at a | |
| 18 | 18 | particular campus. | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010 | |
| 20 | 20 | school year. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 22 | 22 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 23 | 23 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 24 | 24 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 25 | 25 | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |