Bill > HB692

This bill requires public schools, including open-enrollment charter schools with more than 10,000 students, to provide written notification to parents if the school does not have a full-time nurse or equivalent nurse coverage for more than 30 consecutive instructional days during a school year. A "nurse" is defined as a person licensed under Chapter 301 of the Occupations Code, and "equivalent of a full-time nurse" means having two or more nurses assigned to ensure coverage during all regular student instructional hours. The school's principal must send the notice within 30 instructional days of losing nurse coverage, and the notification should be made in a bilingual form for non-English speaking parents when possible. Schools can satisfy the notification requirement by posting the notice on their website, which must be accessible within three links from the homepage. The bill will take effect for the 2025-2026 school year, and it becomes immediately effective if it receives a two-thirds vote from members of the Texas legislature. The goal of this bill appears to be increasing transparency for parents about school nurse availability and ensuring parents are informed about potential gaps in health coverage at their children's schools.

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