S.B. No. 196           relating to a notification requirement if a public school,   including an open-enrollment charter school, does not have a nurse,   school counselor, or librarian assigned to the school during all   instructional hours.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 25, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 25.097 to read as follows:          Sec. 25.097.  PARENTAL NOTIFICATION CONCERNING NURSES,   SCHOOL COUNSELORS, AND LIBRARIANS. (a)  In this section:                (1)  "Librarian" means a person certified as a   librarian under Subchapter B, Chapter 21.                (2)  "Nurse" means a person licensed under Chapter 301,   Occupations Code.                (3)  "School counselor" means a person certified as a   school counselor under Subchapter B, Chapter 21.          (b)  Except as otherwise provided by Subsection (i), a public   school, including an open-enrollment charter school, that does not   have a full-time nurse, school counselor, or librarian or the   equivalent of a full-time nurse, school counselor, or librarian   assigned to be present at the school for more than 30 consecutive   instructional days during the same school year shall provide   written notice of the absence to the parent of or other person   standing in parental relation to each student enrolled in the   school.          (c)  A school has the equivalent of a full-time nurse under   Subsection (b) if the school has two or more nurses assigned to the   school and all regular student instructional hours at the campus   during the regular school day are covered by the assignment of at   least one nurse.          (d)  A school has the equivalent of a full-time school   counselor under Subsection (b) if the school has two or more school   counselors assigned to the school and all regular student   instructional hours at the campus during the regular school day are   covered by the assignment of at least one school counselor.          (e)  A school has the equivalent of a full-time librarian   under Subsection (b) if the school has two or more librarians   assigned to the school and all regular student instructional hours   at the campus during the regular school day are covered by the   assignment of at least one librarian.          (f)  The principal of the school shall provide the notice   required by Subsection (b) not later than the 30th instructional   day after the first day the school does not have a full-time nurse,   school counselor, or librarian assigned to be present at the   school.          (g)  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.          (h)  A school may satisfy the notice requirement under   Subsection (f) 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.          (i)  This section does not apply to a school district or   open-enrollment charter school with a student enrollment of less   than 10,000 students.          SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018   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, 2017.             ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                 I hereby certify that S.B. No. 196 passed the Senate on   May 2, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 19, Nays 12; and that the   Senate concurred in House amendment on May 26, 2017, by the   following vote: Yeas 19, Nays 12.       ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate                I hereby certify that S.B. No. 196 passed the House, with   amendment, on May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 80,   Nays 63, one present not voting.       ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House            Approved:     ______________________________                Date       ______________________________              Governor