HB 3024

relating to required reporting regarding a school district's school
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Section 39.306, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (d-1) and adding Subsection (d-2) to read as
(d-1)  The report must also include, based on the information
included in the report under Subsection (d-2), an evaluation of a
school district's school counseling program.
(d-2)  The report must also include:
(1)  the number of school counselors providing
counseling services at each campus;
(2)  the average number of hours a school counselor
(A)  duties that are components of a counseling
program developed under Section 33.005; and
(B)  duties that are not components of a
counseling program described by Paragraph (A), including the
average number of hours spent administering or providing assistance
in connection with assessment instruments, except for time spent
interpreting data from assessment instruments; and
(3)  the findings, conclusions, and other relevant
information from the district's assessment of the district's
compliance with the policy adopted under Section 33.006(d) required
under Subsection (h) of that section.
SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026
SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2025.