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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a notification requirement if a public school campus or |
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open-enrollment charter school does not have a nurse assigned to |
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the campus during all instructional hours. |
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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 38.021 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 38.021. PARENTAL NOTIFICATION CONCERNING SCHOOL |
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NURSES. (a) A public school, including an open-enrollment charter |
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school, that does not have a full-time school nurse or the |
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equivalent of a full-time school nurse assigned to the campus for |
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more than 30 consecutive instructional days during the same school |
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year shall provide written notice of the absence of a nurse to the |
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parent of or other person standing in parental relation to each |
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student enrolled in the school. |
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(b) A school has the equivalent of a full-time school nurse |
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under Subsection (a) if the school has one or more nurses licensed |
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under Chapter 301, Occupations Code, assigned to the school and |
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those nurses' combined assignments cover all regular student |
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instructional hours at a campus during the regular school day. |
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(c) The principal of the school shall provide the notice |
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required by Subsection (a) not later than the 30th instructional |
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day after the first day the school does not have a full-time school |
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nurse assigned to the campus. |
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(d) The school shall: |
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(1) make a good faith effort to ensure that the notice |
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required by this section is provided in a bilingual form to any |
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parent or other person standing in parental relation whose primary |
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language is not English; and |
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(2) retain a copy of any notice provided under this |
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section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2011-2012 |
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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, 2011. |