Bills › 91st General Assembly
Relating to persons who may provide health services to students enrolled in a school district
Topics:K–12 educationHealth care
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 15, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 15, 2025
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Starting in July 2025, school districts will have more options for providing health services to students. Instead of only hiring a school nurse, districts can now choose to employ a licensed athletic trainer to help with student health needs. This change also updates rules regarding how certain medications are handled in schools.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to persons who may provide health services to students enrolled in a school district. Under current law, school districts are required to have a school nurse to provide health services to students. The bill modifies this provision to provide that, beginning July 1, 2025, school districts are required to employ either a school nurse or an athletic trainer licensed under Code chapter 152D (athletic training) to provide health services to students.16 (self-administration of respiratory distress, asthma, or other airway constricting disease medication, epinephrine auto-injectors, bronchodilator canisters, or bronchodilator canisters and spacers), to incorporate athletic trainers who are employed by school districts.
House subcommittee
Named January 15, 2025. On January 22, 2025 it recommended passage.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part
1 written public comment to its subcommittee: January 22, 2025 (1) · on the Legislature’s site