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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to required reporting regarding a school district's school |
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counseling program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 39.306, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (d-1) and adding Subsection (d-2) to read as |
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follows: |
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(d-1) The report must also include, based on the information |
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included in the report under Subsection (d-2), an evaluation of a |
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school district's school counseling program. |
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(d-2) The report must also include: |
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(1) the number of school counselors providing |
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counseling services at each campus; |
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(2) the average number of hours a school counselor |
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spent on: |
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(A) duties that are components of a counseling |
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program developed under Section 33.005; and |
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(B) duties that are not components of a |
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counseling program described by Paragraph (A), including the |
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average number of hours spent administering or providing assistance |
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in connection with assessment instruments, except for time spent |
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interpreting data from assessment instruments; and |
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(3) the findings, conclusions, and other relevant |
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information from the district's assessment of the district's |
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compliance with the policy adopted under Section 33.006(d) required |
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under Subsection (h) of that section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026 |
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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, 2025. |