87R3943 BDP-D     By: Guerra H.B. No. 1370       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a notification requirement concerning the availability   of nurses on the campus of a public school, including an   open-enrollment charter school.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 25, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 25.096 to read as follows:          Sec. 25.096.  PARENTAL NOTIFICATION CONCERNING NURSES. (a)   In this section, "nurse" means a person licensed under Chapter 301,   Occupations Code.          (b)  A public school, including an open-enrollment charter   school, shall provide written notice to the parent of or other   person standing in parental relation to each student enrolled in   the school concerning the schedule and availability of a nurse on   the school's campus during the school year.          (c)  The principal of the school shall provide the notice   required by Subsection (b) not later than the 30th instructional   day following:                (1)  the first day of school; and                (2)  any change to the nurse's schedule or availability   that occurs during the school year.          (d)  The school shall:                (1)  make a good faith effort to ensure that the notice   required by this section is provided in a bilingual form to any   parent or other person standing in parental relation whose primary   language is not English; and                (2)  retain a copy of any notice provided under this   section.          (e)  A school may satisfy the notice requirement under   Subsection (c) by posting the notice on the school's Internet   website. Notice posted under this subsection must be accessible   from the home page of the Internet website by use of not more than   three links.          SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022   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, 2021.