87S20265 MWC-D
By: Zwiener H.B. No. 170
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to providing notice to a parent or guardian regarding a
positive coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test of a person assigned
to a student's classroom.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 38.0311 to read as follows:
Sec. 38.0311. NOTICE OF CORONAVIRUS DISEASE (COVID-19).
(a) The board of trustees of a school district or the governing
body of an open-enrollment charter school shall adopt a policy
requiring the district or school to provide written or electronic
notice to the parent or guardian of each student assigned to a
classroom in which a student or educator has tested positive for the
coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Notice required under this section
shall be made as soon as practicable after the district or school
becomes aware the student or educator is infected. The notice:
(1) must include the recommendations of the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention for the treatment and prevention
of the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19); and
(2) may not identify the student or educator who
tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
(b) The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to
implement this section.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022
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 on the 91st day after the last day of the
legislative session.