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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a notification requirement if a school counselor is not |
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assigned to a public school campus. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 33, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 33.008 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 33.008. PARENTAL NOTIFICATION CONCERNING SCHOOL |
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COUNSELORS. (a) If a public school, including an open-enrollment |
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charter school, does not have a full-time school counselor |
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certified under Subchapter B, Chapter 21, assigned to the campus |
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for more than 30 consecutive instructional days during the same |
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school year, notice of the absence of a school counselor must be |
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posted on the Internet website of: |
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(1) the school district; and |
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(2) the school, if the school maintains an Internet |
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website. |
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(b) The district and the school shall post the notice |
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required by Subsection (a) not later than the 30th instructional |
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day after the first day the school does not have a full-time school |
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counselor assigned to the campus. |
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(c) The district and the school shall: |
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(1) make a good faith effort to ensure that the notice |
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required by this section is provided in a bilingual form; and |
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(2) retain a copy of any notice provided under this |
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section. |
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(d) The commissioner may adopt necessary rules regarding |
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the notice required by this section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014 |
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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, 2013. |