By: Dutton H.B. No. 3069
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to teacher personal leave.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 22.003(a), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Section 22.003. Minimum Personal Leave Program. (a) A
state minimum personal leave program consisting of five days per
year personal leave with no limit on accumulation and transferable
among districts shall be provided for school district employees.
School districts may provide additional personal leave beyond this
minimum. The board of trustees of a school district may adopt a
policy governing an employee's use of personal leave granted under
this subsection, except that the policy may not restrict the
purposes for which the leave may be used. An employee is entitled
to designate, from among the leave available to the employee, the
order in which such leave will be used, so long as the leave
designated is appropriate to the use of the leave.
SECTION 2. USE OF SICK LEAVE ACCUMULATED UNDER FORMER
SECTION 13.904. A public school employee who retains any sick leave
accumulated under former Subsection (a), Section 13.904, Education
Code, as that subsection existed on January 1, 1995, is entitled to
use sick leave in accordance with that subsection before being
required to use leave provided by this section or by local policy.
SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2003-2004
school year.
SECTION 4. 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, 2003.