TITLE: Relating to the authority of a school district or open-enrollment charter school to employ or provide chaplains.

SUMMARY: Relating to the authority of a school district or open-enrollment charter school to employ or provide chaplains.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the authority of a school district or open-enrollment charter school to employ or provide chaplains. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 33, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 33.910 to read as follows: Sec. 33.910. CHAPLAINS. (a) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may employ chaplains or provide volunteer chaplains at district or school campuses to assist: (1) district or school students, parents, teachers, staff, and administrators with stress management; or (2) school counselors or social workers with performing their assigned duties. (b) A chaplain who is employed by or serves as a volunteer at a school district or open-enrollment charter school under this section is immune from civil liability to the same extent as a professional employee of a school district under Subchapter B, Chapter 22. 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.