By Bailey H.B. No. 2268
77R6923 QS-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to a minimum personal leave program for faculty members at
1-3 public institutions of higher education.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is
1-6 amended by adding Section 51.961 to read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 51.961. MINIMUM PERSONAL LEAVE PROGRAM FOR HIGHER
1-8 EDUCATION FACULTY. (a) In this section:
1-9 (1) "Faculty member" has the meaning assigned by
1-10 Section 51.101.
1-11 (2) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning
1-12 assigned by Section 61.003.
1-13 (b) Each institution of higher education shall adopt a
1-14 minimum personal leave program consisting of five days of personal
1-15 leave each academic year for faculty members. An institution of
1-16 higher education may provide additional personal leave to faculty
1-17 members under this section.
1-18 (c) The governing board of an institution of higher
1-19 education may adopt a policy regulating a faculty member's use of
1-20 personal leave granted under this section, provided that the policy
1-21 does not restrict the purposes for which the leave may be used.
1-22 (d) A faculty member may not carry forward from one academic
1-23 year to the next any unused accumulated personal leave granted
1-24 under this section.
2-1 SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2001-2002
2-2 academic year.
2-3 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-4 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-5 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
2-6 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-7 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.