88R13715 BDP-D
By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 2242
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a policy adopted by school districts allowing parent
volunteers on school district campuses.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 26, Education Code, is amended by adding
Section 26.016 to read as follows:
Sec. 26.016. PARENT VOLUNTEERS. (a) In this section,
"parent volunteer" means a parent or guardian of a student enrolled
in the school district.
(b) Each school district shall adopt a policy to allow and
encourage parent volunteers at each campus in the district. The
policy:
(1) must allow a parent volunteer to volunteer on the
campus in the district in which the parent volunteer's child is
enrolled;
(2) must require the parent volunteer to provide the
documents needed for the district to perform a criminal history
background check as provided by Section 22.0835;
(3) must require the school district to develop and
implement training for parent volunteers that:
(A) ensures parent volunteers do not interfere
with instructional time; and
(B) includes guidelines for parent volunteers to
follow while at a campus in the district;
(4) must require a parent volunteer to complete the
training described by Subdivision (3) before the parent volunteer
is allowed to volunteer;
(5) may only prohibit parent volunteers from being
present on the campus in the district in which the parent
volunteer's child is enrolled during the administration of a
standardized test;
(6) may not prohibit parent volunteers from
volunteering if the parent volunteer has filed a grievance or
complaint against the district; and
(7) must require the school district to create and
maintain an Internet portal that:
(A) allows parent volunteers to submit
information for the district to complete a criminal history
background check;
(B) informs parent volunteers of volunteer
opportunities; and
(C) allows parent volunteers to register for
volunteer opportunities.
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, each school district shall adopt a policy required by
Section 26.016, Education Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024
school year.
SECTION 4. 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.