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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to providing notice to a parent or guardian regarding a |
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positive coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test of a person assigned |
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to a student's classroom. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 38.0311 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 38.0311. NOTICE OF CORONAVIRUS DISEASE (COVID-19). |
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(a) The board of trustees of a school district or the governing |
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body of an open-enrollment charter school shall adopt a policy |
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requiring the district or school to provide written or electronic |
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notice to the parent or guardian of each student assigned to a |
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classroom in which a student or educator has tested positive for the |
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coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Notice required under this section |
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shall be made as soon as practicable after the district or school |
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becomes aware the student or educator is infected. The notice: |
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(1) must include the recommendations of the Centers |
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for Disease Control and Prevention for the treatment and prevention |
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of the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19); and |
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(2) may not identify the student or educator who |
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tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). |
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(b) The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to |
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implement this section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the |
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legislative session. |