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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the assignment of certain certified or licensed |
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professionals to certain public schools. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 33, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 33.909 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 33.909. ASSIGNMENT OF CERTAIN CERTIFIED OR LICENSED |
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PROFESSIONALS. (a) At each campus in a school district in which 90 |
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percent or more of the students in average daily attendance at the |
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campus are educationally disadvantaged, homeless as defined by 42 |
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U.S.C. Section 11302, or in the conservatorship of the Department |
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of Family and Protective Services, the district shall assign at |
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least one person employed by the district who is: |
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(1) a school counselor; or |
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(2) an audiologist, occupational therapist, physical |
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therapist, physician, nurse, school psychologist, associate school |
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psychologist, professional counselor, marriage and family |
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therapist, social worker, or speech language pathologist licensed |
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by the appropriate state agency that licenses that profession and |
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who holds the appropriate credential from the appropriate state |
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agency. |
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(b) A school district may not require a person assigned |
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under this section to administer assessment instruments or provide |
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other assistance in connection with assessment instruments. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter E, Chapter 42, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 42.2519 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 42.2519. ADDITIONAL STATE AID FOR CERTAIN CERTIFIED OR |
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LICENSED PROFESSIONALS. (a) For each school year, from funds that |
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may be used for the purpose, a school district is entitled to state |
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aid in an amount, as determined by the commissioner, sufficient to |
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assist the district in employing the number of certified or |
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licensed professionals required by Section 33.909. |
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(b) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to |
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administer this section. |
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SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2020-2021 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |