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.
HB 1368 requires Texas public schools (with 10,000+ students) to notify parents in writing if they lack a full-time nurse, school counselor, or librarian for more than 30 consecutive instructional days. Schools must send this notice within 30 days of the absence starting, offering bilingual options for non-English speaking families. The law applies beginning with the 2025-2026 school year and allows schools to post notices on their websites if accessible via three clicks. It does not apply to schools with fewer than 10,000 students.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 11, 2025
Last action May 14, 2025
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The bill text was reformatted from an introduced version to an engrossed version, with significant cleanup of formatting errors and removal of extraneous metadata. The substantive policy content regarding parental notification requirements for schools without nurses, counselors, or librarians remains unchanged.
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Removed formatting artifacts, page numbers, and extraneous metadata from the original introduced version
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Standardized the bill number format from 'H.B.ANo.A1368' to 'HB 1368'
Added a note about digital content accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1) at the top of the document
Floor votes · House May 13, 2025
How they voted
88–50
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 142
May 13, 2025
D
Democratic58
94% Yea
R
Republican84
58% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
7
Committee
6
May 14, 2025
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
May 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
May 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed to engrossment
lower
May 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
May 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
Apr 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
lower
Apr 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
Apr 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Committee
Referred to Public Education
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
lower
5 primary · 18 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Alma Allen
DDemocratic
P
Bobby Guerra
DDemocratic
P
Brad Buckley
RRepublican
P
Ron Reynolds
DDemocratic
P
Venton Jones
DDemocratic
Co
Aicha Davis
DDemocratic
Co
Barbara Gervin-Hawkins
DDemocratic
Co
Charlene Ward Johnson
DDemocratic
Co
Christina Morales
DDemocratic
Co
Claudia Ordaz
DDemocratic
Co
Donna Howard
DDemocratic
Co
Eddie Morales
DDemocratic
Co
Helen Kerwin
RRepublican
Co
James Talarico
DDemocratic
Co
John Bryant
DDemocratic
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