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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to nurses employed by public schools. |
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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 38.0096 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 38.0096. NURSES. (a) Each school district and |
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open-enrollment charter school shall ensure that a nurse is present |
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during at least half of each school day at each district or school |
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campus. |
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(b) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to |
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implement this section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2026-2027 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |