89R21442 MEW-F     By: Hickland, et al. H.B. No. 1551     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1551:     By:  Buckley C.S.H.B. No. 1551       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the notification of parents of students enrolled in   public school regarding certain alleged criminal conduct by an   employee.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 22, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 22.088 to read as follows:          Sec. 22.088.  NOTICE TO PARENTS REGARDING CERTAIN EMPLOYEE   CRIMINAL CONDUCT. (a)  This section applies to an offense:                (1)  for which a conviction or grant of deferred   adjudication community supervision requires the defendant to   register as a sex offender under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal   Procedure;                (2)  under Title 5, Penal Code, if the victim of the   offense was under 18 years of age at the time the offense was   committed; or                (3)  under Section 43.24, Penal Code.          (b)  Not later than the second school day after a school   district or open-enrollment charter school becomes aware that an   employee of the district or school has been charged with an offense   to which this section applies, the district or school shall notify   the parent or guardian of each student enrolled at the campus at   which the employee is employed of the charged offense. The notice   must include:                (1)  the employee's name and position;                (2)  whether the employee continues to be employed at   the district or school;                (3)  the length of the employee's employment with the   district or school;                (4)  the offense for which the employee is being   charged; and                (5)  a statement that, under state and federal law, a   person is presumed innocent until proven guilty.          (c)  A school district or open-enrollment charter school may   include in the notice under Subsection (b) additional information   regarding underlying facts or circumstances relating to the charged   offense but may not disclose the identity of the alleged victim.          (d)  The commissioner by rule shall establish guidelines for   providing notice under Subsection (b) during a period in which the   school district or open-enrollment charter school is closed.          SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026   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, 2025.