HB 320 — Required reporting regarding a school district's school

90R350 MEW-F By: González of El Paso H.B. No. 320 relating to required reporting regarding a school district's school counseling program.

SECTION 1. Section 39.306(d-1), Education Code, is amended to read as follows: (d-1) 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 spent on: (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; (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; and (4) based on the information included in the report under Subdivisions (1), (2), and (3), an evaluation of the district's school counseling program .

SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2027-2028 school year.

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, 2027.