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TX SB367
Bill
Status
11/14/2024
Primary Sponsor
Sarah Eckhardt
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AI Summary
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Requires Texas school districts to implement and comply with public health orders issued by local health authorities regarding evidence-based practices to reduce or eliminate transmission of communicable diseases among students and staff
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Explicitly authorizes health authority directives that require students and staff to wear face masks or face coverings as part of disease prevention measures
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Allows school district boards of trustees to choose which health authority's order to follow when two or more health authorities issue conflicting public health directives for territory where the district is located
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Applies only to public health orders issued on or after September 1, 2025
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Adds new Section 38.0022 to the Education Code, overriding any conflicting state laws that might otherwise restrict school district compliance with local health authority orders
Legislative Description
Relating to the implementation by public schools of certain communicable disease public health orders issued by a health authority.
Education
Last Action
Referred to Health & Human Services
2/3/2025