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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to reasonable break times and facilities for school |
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district educators expressing breast milk. |
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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 21.4051 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 21.4051. TIME AND FACILITIES FOR EXPRESSING BREAST |
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MILK. A school district must: |
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(1) provide a reasonable amount of break time at |
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appropriate intervals to accommodate an educator desiring to |
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express breast milk for a child of the educator who is under one |
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year of age; and |
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(2) provide a room or other location in close |
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proximity to the educator's work area, other than a toilet stall or |
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restroom, with an accessible electrical outlet and a locking door |
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where the educator can express breast milk in private. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016 |
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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, 2015. |