Amend CSSB 8 (committee report) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 1B.01 of the bill, in added Section 42.152(d), Education Code, strike Subdivision (3) and substitute
the following:
(3) in addition to any other funds available for
programs under Subchapter A, Chapter 33, including funds provided
under Section 42.3053, withhold the amount of $7.5 million, or a
greater amount as determined in the General Appropriations Act, and
distribute that amount for programs under Subchapter A, Chapter 33;
(2) In SECTION 1B.01 of the bill, between added Sections
42.3052 and 42.306, Education Code, insert the following:
Sec. 42.3053. ADDITIONAL STATE AID FOR CERTIFIED
COUNSELORS. (a) For each school year, from funds that may be used
for the purpose, a school district is entitled to state aid in an
amount, as determined by the commissioner, sufficient to assist the
district in employing the number of certified counselors required
by Section 33.002.
(b) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to
administer this section.
(3) In Part C, Article 2, of the bill, insert the following
appropriately numbered section to read as follows and renumber the
subsequent sections of Part C, Article 2, accordingly:
SECTION 2C.__. Effective September 1, 2006, Sections
33.002(b) and (c), Education Code, are amended to read as follows:
(b) A school district with 350 [500] or more students in
enrollment [enrolled in elementary school grades] shall employ a
counselor certified under the rules of the commissioner [State
Board for Educator Certification] for each [elementary] school in
the district. A school district shall employ at least one counselor
for every 350 [500 elementary school] students in the district.
(c) A school district with fewer than 350 [500] students in
enrollment [enrolled in elementary school grades] shall provide
guidance and counseling services to [elementary school] students
by:
(1) employing a part-time counselor certified under
the rules of the commissioner [State Board for Educator
Certification];
(2) employing a part-time teacher certified as a
counselor under the rules of the commissioner [State Board for
Educator Certification]; or
(3) entering into a shared services arrangement
agreement with one or more school districts to share a counselor
certified under the rules of the commissioner [State Board for
Educator Certification].
(4) Strike SECTION 3.18 of the bill, amending Section
33.002(a), Education Code, and renumber the subsequent sections of
Article 3 accordingly.
(5) Strike SECTION 7.32 of the bill, amending Sections
33.002(b) and (c), Education Code, and renumber the subsequent
sections of Article 7 accordingly.
(6) In SECTION 9.02(3) of the bill, between "29.203(c) and
(g)," and "39.024(e),", insert "33.002(a),".