Bill Text: TX SB94 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 2nd Special Session | Introduced

Texas Senate Bill 94 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to a policy requiring the use of face masks, face shields, or other face coverings and providing notice to a parent or guardian regarding a positive coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test for a person assigned to a student's classroom in public schools.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-08-30 - Filed [SB94 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB94-Introduced.html

	87S20642 CXP-D

	By: Johnson	S.B. No. 94



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to a policy requiring the use of face masks, face shields,
	or other face coverings and providing notice to a parent or guardian
	regarding a positive coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test for a
	person assigned to a student's classroom in public schools.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is
	amended by adding Sections 38.0022 and 38.0023 to read as follows:
	Sec. 38.0022. FACE COVERING POLICY. Notwithstanding any
	other law, the board of trustees of a school district or the
	governing body of an open-enrollment charter school may adopt a
	policy requiring the use of a face mask, face shield, or other face
	covering in a school building, school bus, or other congregate
	educational setting operated by the district or school.
	Sec. 38.0023. NOTICE OF CORONAVIRUS DISEASE (COVID-19).
	(a) The board of trustees of a school district or the governing
	body of an open-enrollment charter school shall adopt a policy
	requiring the district or school to provide written or electronic
	notice to the parent or guardian of each student assigned to a
	classroom in which a student has tested positive for the
	coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Notice required under this section
	shall be made as soon as practicable after the district or school
	becomes aware the student is infected. The notice:
	(1) must include the recommendations of the Centers
	for Disease Control and Prevention for the treatment and prevention
	of the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19); and
	(2) may not identify the student who tested positive
	for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
	(b) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to
	implement this section in a manner that complies with federal law
	regarding confidentiality of student medical or educational
	information, including the Health Insurance Portability and
	Accountability Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. Section 1320d et seq.) and the
	Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C.
	Section 1232g), and any state law relating to the privacy of student
	information.
	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 on the 91st day after the last day of the
	legislative session.