79R1847 SLO-D

By:  Coleman                                                      H.B. No. 793



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a notification requirement if a nurse is not assigned to 
a public school campus.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 38.021 to read as follows:
	Sec. 38.021.  PARENTAL NOTIFICATION CONCERNING SCHOOL 
NURSES.  (a)  A public school that does not have a full-time school 
nurse assigned to the campus for more than 30 consecutive 
instructional days during the same school year shall provide 
written notice of the absence of a nurse to the parent of or other
person standing in parental relation to each student enrolled in 
the school.
	(b)  The principal of the school shall provide the notice 
required by Subsection (a) not later than the 30th instructional 
day after the first day the school does not have a full-time school 
nurse assigned to the campus.
	(c)  The school shall:                                                  
		(1)  make a good faith effort to ensure that the notice 
required by this section is provided in a bilingual form to any 
parent or other person standing in parental relation whose primary 
language is not English; and
		(2)  retain a copy of any notice provided under this 
section.        


	SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2005-2006 
school year.     
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.