Bill Text: TX HB732 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to establishing a minimum wage for public school employees.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-01 - Referred to Public Education [HB732 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB732-Introduced.html

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87R2421 RDS-D
By: González of Dallas H.B. No. 732

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to establishing a minimum wage for public school
employees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 62, Labor Code, is amended
by adding Section 62.058 to read as follows:
Sec. 62.058. MINIMUM WAGE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES. (a)
In this section:
(1) "Open-enrollment charter school" means a school
that has been granted a charter under Subchapter D, Chapter 12,
Education Code.
(2) "School district" means any public school district
in this state.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 62.051 or 62.151 or any other
law, an open-enrollment charter school or school district shall pay
to each employee of the open-enrollment charter school or school
district not less than the greater of:
(1) $15 an hour; or
(2) the federal minimum wage under Section 6, Fair
Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 206).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.