Relating to a notification requirement if a public school does not have a nurse, school counselor, or librarian assigned to the school during all instructional hours.
Bill overview
Relating to a notification requirement if a public school does not have a nurse, school counselor, or librarian assigned to the school during all instructional hours.
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HB 1368 sources, status methodology and verification
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KeepTXRed summary
HB 1368 was a House-passed school-transparency proposal requiring certain public schools to notify parents when the campus went more than 30 consecutive instructional days without a full-time or equivalent nurse, school counselor, or librarian. The Senate did not pass it.
What would change
The proposal would have required qualifying districts and charter schools to give parents notice by the 30th instructional day without one of the specified professionals, make good-faith efforts to provide bilingual notice, retain the notice, and allow posting on the school website within a limited number of links. The bill included an enrollment-size limitation described in the legislative analysis.
Who may be affected
Parents and students, public school districts and charter schools, nurses, counselors, librarians, campus administrators, and school boards.
When it would take effect
HB 1368 did not take effect. The House passed it and sent it to the Senate, but the Senate did not pass the bill. The proposal would have applied beginning with the 2025-26 school year.
Limits and uncertainty
The notification requirement described here was never enacted through HB 1368. Staffing duties and parent-notice rules may be governed by other Education Code provisions or local policy.
Editorial sources and review notes
Official House-engrossed text, analysis, and stages reviewed. House passed; Senate did not.
Editorial explanation reviewed 9/6/2026.
Current status
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Latest official action
Received from the House
May 14, 2025 · house
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