88R1436 BDP-D
By: Guerra H.B. No. 1061
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a notification requirement concerning the availability
of nurses on the campus of a public school, including an
open-enrollment charter school.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 25, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 25.096 to read as follows:
Sec. 25.096. PARENTAL NOTIFICATION CONCERNING NURSES. (a)
In this section, "nurse" means a person licensed under Chapter 301,
Occupations Code.
(b) A public school, including an open-enrollment charter
school, shall provide written notice to the parent of or other
person standing in parental relation to each student enrolled in
the school concerning the schedule and availability of a nurse on
the school's campus during the school year.
(c) The principal of the school shall provide the notice
required by Subsection (b) not later than the 30th instructional
day following:
(1) the first day of school; and
(2) any change to the nurse's schedule or availability
that occurs during the school year.
(d) The school shall:
(1) make a good faith effort to ensure that the notice
required by this section is provided in a bilingual form to any
parent or other person standing in parental relation whose primary
language is not English; and
(2) retain a copy of any notice provided under this
section.
(e) A school may satisfy the notice requirement under
Subsection (c) by posting the notice on the school's Internet
website. Notice posted under this subsection must be accessible
from the home page of the Internet website by use of not more than
three links.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024
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, 2023.