Bill Text: TX SB209 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to social work services in public schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-01 - Referred to Education [SB209 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB209-Introduced.html
| 86R1858 MM-F | ||
| By: Rodríguez | S.B. No. 209 | |
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| relating to social work services in public schools. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 33, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 33.905 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 33.905. SOCIAL WORK SERVICES. (a) In this section, | ||
| "social work services" means services specialized to assist | ||
| students and families and designed to alleviate barriers to | ||
| learning, connect the home, the community, and the school, advocate | ||
| for the best interest and academic success of students, strengthen | ||
| relationships, and assist with basic and psychosocial needs. | ||
| (b) A social worker may provide social work services to | ||
| students and families in a school or district. | ||
| (c) A social worker shall collaborate with school | ||
| administrators and other school professionals in order to enhance | ||
| students' learning environments. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 | ||
| 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, 2019. | ||
