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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a leave pool for school district employees. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 22.003, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (a-1) and (a-2) and amending Subsection (c-1) to |
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read as follows: |
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(a-1) In addition to all other days of leave provided by |
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this section or by the school district, a school district shall |
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provide one day of personal leave per district employee in a leave |
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pool established by the district board of trustees in accordance |
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with this subsection and Subsection (a-2). The district shall |
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allow an employee to voluntarily contribute to the leave pool |
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created under this subsection one or more additional days of |
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personal leave accumulated by the employee. The district shall |
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credit the leave pool with the number of days of personal leave |
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contributed by the employee and deduct a corresponding number of |
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days of leave from the employee's accrued personal leave as if the |
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employee had taken the leave. |
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(a-2) In establishing a leave pool under Subsection (a-1), |
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the board of trustees of a school district shall adopt procedures |
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for the administration and operation of the leave pool. The |
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procedures must ensure that the number of days of personal leave |
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that an employee is permitted to use from the leave pool is related |
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to the number of personal days of leave contributed by the employee |
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under Subsection (a-1). |
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(c-1) Any informational handbook a school district provides |
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to employees in an electronic or paper form or makes available by |
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posting on the district website must include information on the |
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leave pool created under Subsection (a-1) and notification of an |
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employee's rights under Subsection (b) in the relevant section of |
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the handbook. Any form used by a school district through which an |
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employee may request leave under this section must include assault |
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leave under Subsection (b) as an option. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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