Bill Text: TX HB2074 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the duties of a public school counselor regarding student discipline.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-02 - Considered in Calendars [HB2074 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB2074-Introduced.html

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86R9010 SOS-D
By: Wu H.B. No. 2074

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to prohibiting a public school counselor from being
required to act in a disciplinary capacity in certain
circumstances.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 33.006, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) A school counselor may not be required to assume a
disciplinary role at a school, or to otherwise be assigned a duty
involving student discipline that is inconsistent with the
counselor's primary responsibility under Subsection (a) and
additional responsibilities under this section. This subsection
does not prohibit a school counselor from serving on a committee to
review a student's placement in an alternative education program
under Section 37.306.
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 September 1, 2019.