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AN ACT
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relating to service records of professional staff employed by |
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school districts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 21, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 21.4031 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 21.4031. PROFESSIONAL STAFF SERVICE RECORDS. (a) In |
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this section: |
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(1) "Salary schedule" means the minimum salary |
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schedule under Section 21.402 or a comparable salary schedule used |
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by a school district that specifies salary amounts based on an |
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employee's level of experience. |
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(2) "Service record" means a school district document |
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that indicates the total years of service provided to the district |
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by a classroom teacher, librarian, counselor, or nurse. |
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(b) On request by a classroom teacher, librarian, |
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counselor, or nurse or by the school district employing one of those |
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individuals, a school district that previously employed the |
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individual shall provide a copy of the individual's service record |
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to the school district employing the individual. The district must |
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provide the copy not later than the 30th day after the later of: |
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(1) the date the request is made; or |
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(2) the date of the last day of the individual's |
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service to the district. |
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(c) If a school district fails to provide an individual's |
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service record as required by Subsection (b), the agency shall, to |
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the extent that information is available to the agency, provide the |
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employing school district with information sufficient to enable the |
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district to determine proper placement of the individual on the |
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district's salary schedule. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010 |
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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, 2009. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1365 was passed by the House on April |
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24, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 1365 on May 23, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 0, |
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1 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1365 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 21, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |