Amend CSSB 8 (committee printing) by adding the following 

appropriately lettered part to Article 2 of the bill and 

relettering the subsequent parts of Article 2 accordingly:



PART __.  SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAMS

	SECTION 2__.01.  Section 33.006, Education Code, is amended 

by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:

	(c)  In accordance with rules adopted by the commissioner, 

the board of trustees of each school district shall adopt a policy 

that requires a counselor to spend not more than 10 percent of the 

counselor's total work time on duties that are not components of a 

counseling or guidance program developed under Section 33.005.  For 

purposes of this subsection, time spent in administering assessment 

instruments or providing other assistance in connection with 

assessment instruments, except time spent in interpreting data from 

assessment instruments, is not considered time spent on counseling 

or guidance.  Each school in the district shall implement the 

policy.  A copy of the policy shall be maintained in the office of 

each school in the district and made available on request during 

regular school hours to district employees, parents of district 

students, and the public.

	SECTION 2__.02.  Section 39.076, Education Code, is amended 

by adding Subsection (a-4) to read as follows:

	(a-4)  Before an investigation, the commissioner shall 

request that the district scheduled for the investigation assess 

the district's compliance with the policy adopted under Section 

33.006(c) and provide a written copy of the assessment to the 

investigators on or before the date specified by the commissioner. 

As part of each investigation, the investigators shall interview a 

percentage of  district counselors determined by the commissioner 

to assess the district's compliance with the policy adopted under 

Section 33.006(c).  The commissioner shall adopt rules to implement 

this subsection.

	SECTION 2__.03.  (a)  Each school district shall implement a 

policy adopted under Section 33.006(c), Education Code, as added by 

this Act, beginning with the 2006-2007 school year.

	(b)  Section 39.076(a-4), Education Code, as added by this 

Act, applies beginning with the 2006-2007 school year.