Bill Text: TX SB2055 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to funding for comprehensive school counseling programs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-21 - Referred to Education [SB2055 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB2055-Introduced.html
By: Menéndez | S.B. No. 2055 | |
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relating to funding for comprehensive school counseling programs. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 33.002, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsections (a) and (c) and adding Subsections (a-1) and | ||
(a-2) to read as follows: | ||
(a) From funds appropriated for the purpose or other funds | ||
that may be used for the purpose, the commissioner shall distribute | ||
funds for programs under this subchapter. In distributing those | ||
funds, the commissioner shall give preference in the following | ||
order: | ||
(1) to a school district that received funds under | ||
this subsection for the preceding school year; and | ||
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concentration of students at risk of dropping out of school, as | ||
described by Section 29.081, and either: | ||
(A) receive federal funding under Title I, | ||
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. Section | ||
6301 et seq.); or | ||
(B) are wholly or partly located in a federally | ||
designated mental health care health professional shortage area. | ||
(a-1) To receive funds for the program under Subsection (a), | ||
a school district must apply to the commissioner. For each school | ||
year that a school district receives funds under Subsection (a) | ||
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programs that is equal to or greater than the sum of: | ||
(1) the amount of funds that the district receives | ||
under that subsection; and | ||
(2) the amount of local funds other than matching | ||
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allocated for that purpose during the preceding school year. | ||
(a-2) This section applies only to a school district that | ||
receives funds as provided by Subsection (a) [ |
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(c) A school district with fewer than 500 enrolled students | ||
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(1) employing a part-time school counselor certified | ||
under the rules of the State Board for Educator Certification; | ||
(2) employing a part-time teacher certified as a | ||
school counselor under the rules of the State Board for Educator | ||
Certification; or | ||
(3) entering into a shared services arrangement | ||
agreement with one or more school districts to share a school | ||
counselor certified under the rules of the State Board for Educator | ||
Certification. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 33.004(b), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) Each school, before implementing a comprehensive school | ||
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33.005, shall annually conduct a preview of the program for parents | ||
and guardians. All materials, including curriculum to be used | ||
during the year, must be available for a parent or guardian to | ||
preview during school hours. Materials or curriculum not included | ||
in the materials available on the campus for preview may not be | ||
used. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 33.005, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 33.005. COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL [ |
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the school faculty and staff, students, parents, and the community | ||
to plan, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive school | ||
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counselor shall design the program to include: | ||
(1) a guidance curriculum to help students develop | ||
their full educational potential, including the student's | ||
interests and career objectives; | ||
(2) a responsive services component to intervene on | ||
behalf of any student whose immediate personal concerns or problems | ||
put the student's continued educational, career, personal, or | ||
social development at risk; | ||
(3) an individual planning system to guide a student | ||
as the student plans, monitors, and manages the student's own | ||
educational, career, personal, and social development; and | ||
(4) system support to support the efforts of teachers, | ||
staff, parents, and other members of the community in promoting the | ||
educational, career, personal, and social development of students. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 42.152, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | ||
(e) From the total amount of funds appropriated for | ||
allotments under this section, the commissioner shall, each fiscal | ||
year, withhold $7.5 million or a greater amount as specified in the | ||
General Appropriations Act, and distribute that amount to school | ||
districts for programs under Subchapter A, Chapter 33, in the | ||
manner provided by Section 33.002. After deducting the amount | ||
withheld under this subsection from the total amount appropriated | ||
for allotments under this section, the commissioner shall reduce | ||
each district's allotment proportionately and allocate funds to | ||
each district accordingly. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2020. |