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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of a school district or open-enrollment |
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charter school to employ or provide chaplains. |
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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 33.910 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 33.910. CHAPLAINS. (a) A school district or |
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open-enrollment charter school may employ chaplains or provide |
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volunteer chaplains at district or school campuses to assist: |
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(1) district or school students, parents, teachers, |
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staff, and administrators with stress management; or |
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(2) school counselors or social workers with |
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performing their assigned duties. |
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(b) A chaplain who is employed by or serves as a volunteer at |
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a school district or open-enrollment charter school under this |
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section is immune from civil liability to the same extent as a |
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professional employee of a school district under Subchapter B, |
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Chapter 22. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2019. |