By: Farrar H.B. No. 233
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to school social work services in public schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 33, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 33.905 to read as follows:
Sec. 33.905. SOCIAL WORK SERVICES. (a) Social work
services are specialized to assist students and families and are
designed to alleviate barriers; link home, school, and community;
promote advocacy; strengthen relationships; and assist with basic,
psychosocial, and academic needs.
(b) School social workers provide social work services to
students and families in a school or
district.
(c) A social worker employed by a school district shall
collaborate with school administrators and other school
professionals in order to enhance students' learning environments.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016
school 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, 2015.