TITLE: Relating to the employment of full-time registered nurses at public schools.

SUMMARY: Relating to the employment of full-time registered nurses at public schools.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the employment of full-time registered nurses at 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 33.910 to read as follows: Sec. 33.910. EMPLOYMENT OF REGISTERED NURSES. A school district or open-enrollment charter school shall: (1) employ at least one full-time registered nurse at each campus of the district or school; and (2) maintain an average ratio of not less than one full-time registered nurse for every 750 students enrolled at the district or school. SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 school year. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.