85R1253 SRS-D
By: Lucio S.B. No. 490
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to information regarding the number of school counselors
in public schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 42.006, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-2) to read as follows:
(a-2) The commissioner by rule shall require each school
district and open-enrollment charter school to report through the
Public Education Information Management System information
regarding the availability of school counselors at each campus. The
commissioner's rules shall require a district or school to report
the number of full-time equivalent school counselors providing
counseling services at a campus. For purposes of this subsection,
"full-time equivalent school counselor" means 40 hours of
counseling services a week. The agency shall maintain the
information provided in accordance with this subsection.
SECTION 2. 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, 2017.