89R1954 CXP-D
By: Morales of Harris H.B. No. 508
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to nurses employed by public schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 38.0096 to read as follows:
Sec. 38.0096. NURSES. (a) Each school district and
open-enrollment charter school shall ensure that a nurse is present
during at least half of each school day at each district or school
campus.
(b) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to
implement this section.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2026-2027
school year.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.