HB692 - Relating to a notification requirement if a public school, including an open-enrollment charter school, does not have a nurse assigned to the school during all instructional hours.

  89R478 AMF-F     By: Jones of Harris H.B. No. 692       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED     relating to a notification requirement if a public school,   including an open-enrollment charter school, does not have a nurse   assigned to the school during all instructional hours.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 38.020 to read as follows:           Sec.   38.020.     PARENTAL NOTIFICATION CONCERNING NURSES. (a)   In this section, "nurse" means a person licensed under Chapter 301,   Occupations Code.           (b)     Except as otherwise provided by Subsection (g), a public   school, including an open-enrollment charter school, that does not   have a full-time nurse or the equivalent of a full-time nurse   assigned to be present at the school for more than 30 consecutive   instructional days during the same school year shall provide   written notice of the absence to the parent of or other person   standing in parental relation to each student enrolled in the   school.           (c)     A school has the equivalent of a full-time nurse under   Subsection (b) if the school has two or more nurses assigned to the   school and all regular student instructional hours at the school   during the regular school day are covered by the assignment of at   least one nurse.           (d)     The principal of the school shall provide the notice   required by Subsection (b) not later than the 30th instructional   day after the first day the school does not have a full-time nurse   or the equivalent of a full-time nurse assigned to be present at the   school.           (e)  The school shall:                 (1)     make a good faith effort to ensure that the notice   required by this section is provided in a bilingual form to any   parent or other person standing in parental relation whose primary   language is not English; and                 (2)     retain a copy of any notice provided under this   section.           (f)     A school may satisfy the notice requirement under   Subsection (d) by posting the notice on the school's Internet   website.   Notice posted under this subsection must be accessible   from the home page of the Internet website by use of not more than   three links.           (g)     This section does not apply to a school district or   open-enrollment charter school with a student enrollment of less   than 10,000 students.          SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026   school year.          SECTION 3.  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, 2025.