Bill Text: TX HB3501 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to school district personnel.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-22 - Referred to Public Education [HB3501 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB3501-Introduced.html
By: Callegari | H.B. No. 3501 |
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relating to school district personnel. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 21.401, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (e) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (e), an [ |
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employed under a 10-month contract must provide a minimum of 187 | ||
days of service. | ||
(c) The commissioner, as provided by Section 25.081(b), may | ||
reduce the number of days of service required by this section. A | ||
reduction by the commissioner does not reduce an educator's salary. | ||
(d) Subsections (a) and (b) do not apply to a contract | ||
between a school district and an educational diagnostician. | ||
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Code, the | ||
board of trustees of a school district may reduce the length of | ||
service required under an educator contract if the board has | ||
determined that a decrease in state funds available per weighted | ||
student necessitates a reduction in the length of the instructional | ||
year or in the number of days of service required by the educator. | ||
The board may reduce the length of service by up to seven | ||
instructional days, non-instructional days, or a combination of the | ||
two. The salary of the educator may be reduced by an amount | ||
corresponding to the reduction in length of service. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 22.003(a)(1), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) A state minimum personal leave program consisting of | ||
five days per year personal leave with no limit on accumulation and | ||
transferable among districts shall be provided for school district | ||
employees. School districts may provide additional personal leave | ||
beyond this minimum. The board of trustees of a school district may | ||
adopt a policy governing an employee's use of personal leave | ||
granted under this subsection, except that the policy may not | ||
restrict: | ||
(1) the purposes for which the leave may be used, except | ||
that the board by local policy may restrict the use of state | ||
personal leave on days designated for furloughs under Section | ||
21.401, Education Code; or | ||
(2) the order in which an employee may use the state minimum | ||
personal leave and any additional personal leave provided by the | ||
school district. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 25.081, Education Code, is amended by to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) Except as authorized under Subsections (b) and (c) of | ||
this section, Section 25.084, or Section 29.0821, for each school | ||
year each school district must operate so that the district | ||
provides for at least 180 days of instruction for students. | ||
(b) The commissioner may approve the instruction of | ||
students for fewer than the number of days required under | ||
Subsection (a) if disaster, flood, extreme weather conditions, fuel | ||
curtailment, or another calamity causes the closing of schools. | ||
(c) If the board of trustees of a school district has | ||
determined that a decrease in state funds available per weighted | ||
student necessitates a reduction in the instructional year, the | ||
board may reduce the number of days of instruction required under | ||
Subsection (a). The board may adjust educator contracts as | ||
provided at Section 21.401(e). | ||
SECTION 4. Section 21.402(d), Education Code, is repealed. | ||
SECTION 5. 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, 2011. |