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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the use of personal leave by a public school employee. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 22.003, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (f) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) A state minimum personal leave program consisting of |
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five days per year personal leave with no limit on accumulation and |
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transferable among districts shall be provided for school district |
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employees. School districts may provide additional personal leave |
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beyond this minimum. The board of trustees of a school district may |
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adopt a policy governing an employee's use of personal leave |
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granted under this subsection, except that the policy may not |
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restrict: |
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(1) the purposes for which the leave may be used; or |
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(2) the order in which an employee may use the state |
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minimum personal leave and any additional personal leave provided |
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by the school district. |
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(f) A public school employee who retains any sick leave |
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accumulated under former Section 13.904(a), as that section existed |
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on January 1, 1995, is entitled to use the sick leave provided under |
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that section or the personal leave provided under Subsection (a) in |
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any order to the extent that the leave the employee uses is |
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appropriate to the purpose of the leave. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2007-2008 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |