By: Allen, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Lucio) H.B. No. 1068

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2021; May 13, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Education; May 24, 2021, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 24, 2021, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1068 By: Hughes

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the use of personal leave during school holidays by certain school district employees.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 22.003, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:

(g) A school district employee with available personal leave under this section is entitled to use the leave for compensation for a day designated as a school holiday for which the employee would otherwise not receive compensation. An employee may not use more than the number of personal leave days provided to the employee per year under this section or by the school district for days designated as school holidays during that year. This subsection applies only to a school district employee who is not:

(1) exempt from the overtime provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 201 et seq.); and

(2) employed on a salaried basis.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.

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