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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the assignment of school nurses at public school |
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campuses. |
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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 38.020 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 38.020. NURSE ASSIGNMENT REQUIRED. A school district |
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that has an enrollment of at least 1,000 students shall employ at |
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least one full-time school nurse for each 500 students enrolled in |
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the district. The district shall assign at least one full-time |
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school nurse to each district campus and shall assign any |
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additional school nurses based on the medical needs of students at a |
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particular campus. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010 |
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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 September 1, 2009. |