By Bailey                                             H.B. No. 2623
         77R6679 ESH-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to personal leave for noncontract employees in school
 1-3     districts having an enrollment of at least 200,000 students.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 22, Education Code, is
 1-6     amended by adding Section 22.0031 to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 22.0031.  ADDITIONAL MINIMUM PERSONAL LEAVE FOR
 1-8     NONCONTRACT EMPLOYEES IN DISTRICTS WITH ENROLLMENT OF AT LEAST
 1-9     200,000 STUDENTS. (a)  In addition to the minimum personal leave
1-10     provided by Section 22.003(a), a school district that has an
1-11     enrollment of at least 200,000 students shall provide at least five
1-12     days per year personal leave to each employee who is not employed
1-13     under a written contract.
1-14           (b)  The minimum personal leave under Subsection (a) may be
1-15     accumulated without limit and is transferable among districts.  A
1-16     school district may provide additional personal leave beyond the
1-17     minimum.
1-18           (c)  The board of trustees of a school district may adopt a
1-19     policy governing an employee's use of personal leave granted under
1-20     Subsection (a), except that the policy may not restrict the
1-21     purposes for which the leave may be used.
1-22           SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2001-2002
1-23     school year.
1-24           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
 2-1     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
 2-2     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
 2-3     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
 2-4     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.