81R6023 CAE-F
 
  By: McReynolds H.B. No. 1131
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a public school teacher's entitlement to a certain
  number of planning and preparation days each school year.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 25.081, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
         (c)  Each school year, a classroom teacher is entitled to at
  least three days for instructional preparation. A classroom
  teacher may not be required to participate in any other activity,
  including parent-teacher conferences, on a day scheduled for
  planning and preparation under this subsection.
         SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010
  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, 2009.