Bill Text: TX SB1784 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to information regarding the number of school counselors in public schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-24 - Referred to Education [SB1784 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB1784-Introduced.html
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| By: Lucio | S.B. No. 1784 | |
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| relating to information regarding the number of school counselors | ||
| in public schools. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 42.006, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (a-2) to read as follows: | ||
| (a-2) The commissioner by rule shall require each school | ||
| district and open-enrollment charter school to report through the | ||
| Public Education Information Management System information | ||
| regarding the availability of school counselors at each campus. The | ||
| commissioner's rules shall require a district or school to report | ||
| the number of full-time equivalent school counselors providing | ||
| counseling services at a campus. For purposes of this subsection, | ||
| "full-time equivalent school counselor" means 40 hours of | ||
| counseling services a week. The agency shall maintain the | ||
| information provided in accordance with this subsection. | ||
| 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, 2015. | ||
