88R2767 AMF-D
 
  By: Miles S.B. No. 1919
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the employment of full-time registered nurses at public
  schools.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 33, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 33.910 to read as follows:
         Sec. 33.910.  EMPLOYMENT OF REGISTERED NURSES. A school
  district or open-enrollment charter school shall:
               (1)  employ at least one full-time registered nurse at
  each campus of the district or school; and
               (2)  maintain an average ratio of not less than one
  full-time registered nurse for every 750 students enrolled at the
  district or school.
         SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024
  school year.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.