By: Seliger S.B. No. 504

(In the Senate - Filed January 29, 2019; February 14, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Higher Education; April 24, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 24, 2019, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the inclusion of certain information in postsecondary education and career counseling academies developed for certain school counselors and other postsecondary advisors employed by a school district.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 33.009, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows:

(d-1) An academy developed under this section may include information regarding social-emotional learning and indicators of behavioral issues.

SECTION 2. 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, 2019.

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