81R8271 KKA-F
 
  By: Thibaut H.B. No. 1470
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a requirement that school districts notify employees
  regarding entitlement to leave time in circumstances involving
  assault.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 22.003, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
         (c-1)  Not later than the last day of the first week of
  instruction for the fall semester of each school year, a school
  district shall notify each district employee in writing of the
  employee's rights under Subsection (b). The notification must
  appear in bold-faced type using at least a 14-point font size. The
  notification may be provided electronically or on paper. If a
  district provides the notification by including it in an electronic
  or paper version of an informational teacher handbook or other
  informational handbook, the notification must appear on the first
  page that immediately follows the table of contents.
         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.