Bill Text: TX SB167 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a substitute teaching requirement for each member of the senate and the house of representatives.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [SB167 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-SB167-Introduced.html
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| By: Menéndez | S.B. No. 167 | |
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| relating to a substitute teaching requirement for each member of | ||
| the senate and the house of representatives. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 301, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 301.074 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 301.074. SUBSTITUTE TEACHING REQUIREMENT. (a) Each | ||
| member of the senate and the house of representatives shall | ||
| substitute teach at a public school located in the member's | ||
| district for at least one school day each school year. | ||
| (b) Each member shall report the member's compliance with | ||
| Subsection (a) to the senate or house committee on administration, | ||
| as applicable. Each committee shall maintain a list of the members | ||
| in the committee's respective house who do not meet the | ||
| requirements of this section. The list is public information under | ||
| Chapter 552. | ||
| SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply | ||
| 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. | ||
