78R8734 T

By:  Van de Putte                                                 S.B. No. 1125


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to duties outside the regular hours of instruction for public school teachers. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 11.253(e), Education Code, is amended to read as follows: (e) In accordance with the administrative procedures established under Section 11.251(b), the campus-level committee shall be involved in decisions in the areas of planning, budgeting, curriculum, staffing patterns, staff development, and school organization. The campus-level committee must approve: (1) the portions of the campus plan addressing campus staff development needs; and (2) duties to which teachers can be assigned outside regular hours of instruction. SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2003-2004 school year. SECTION 3. 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.