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  89R5736 AND-D     By: Cook S.B. No. 1767       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the employment of full-time registered nurses at public   schools.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 33, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 33.916 to read as follows:           Sec.   33.916.     EMPLOYMENT OF REGISTERED NURSES. A school   district or open-enrollment charter school shall:                 (1)     employ at least one full-time registered nurse at   each campus of the district or school; and                 (2)     maintain an average ratio of not less than one   full-time registered nurse for every 750 students enrolled at the   district or school.          SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026   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, 2025.