79R4830 SLO-F


By:  McReynolds                                                   H.B. No. 902



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the use of public school educators' days of service for 
which instruction is not required.
	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)  the use of educators' days of service for which 
instruction is not required, if the campus is rated exemplary under 
Chapter 39.
	SECTION 2.   This Act applies beginning with the 2005-2006 
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, 2005.