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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the compensation of public school district employees |
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for additional workdays. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 22, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 22.012 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 22.012. COMPENSATION FOR ADDITIONAL WORKDAY. (a) Not |
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later than May 1 of each year, a school district shall publish an |
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official calendar for the following school year that specifies each |
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day that is an official workday for school district employees. |
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(b) If a school district employee is required to work on |
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additional days that are not identified as workdays on the calendar |
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published as required by Subsection (a), the district shall |
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compensate the employee for the additional days. |
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(c) A school district must compensate an employee for each |
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additional day of work in an amount not less than the greater of: |
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(1) the amount that the school district would deduct |
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from the employee's annual salary if the employee accrued an |
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absence beyond the employee's available personal leave; |
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(2) a daily rate, calculated by dividing the |
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employee's annual salary by the number of workdays specified in the |
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calendar required under Subsection (a); or |
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(3) the same rate by which the annual salary of the |
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employee may be reduced as provided by Section 21.4021(b). |
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(d) A school district may not take any action that results |
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in a longer workday for a school district employee to comply with |
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this section. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2017. |