By: Bernal H.B. No. 860
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the compensation of public school district employees
  for additional workdays.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 22, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 22.012 to read as follows:
         Sec. 22.012.  COMPENSATION FOR ADDITIONAL WORKDAY.  (a)  Not
  later than May 1 of each year, a school district shall publish an
  official calendar for the following school year that specifies each
  day that is an official workday for school district employees.
         (b)  If a school district employee is required to work on
  additional days that are not identified as workdays on the calendar
  published as required by Subsection (a), the district shall
  compensate the employee for the additional days.
         (c)  A school district must compensate an employee for each
  additional day of work in an amount not less than the greater of:
               (1)  the amount that the school district would deduct
  from the employee's annual salary if the employee accrued an
  absence beyond the employee's available personal leave;
               (2)  a daily rate, calculated by dividing the
  employee's annual salary by the number of workdays specified in the
  calendar required under Subsection (a); or
               (3)  the same rate by which the annual salary of the
  employee may be reduced as provided by Section 21.4021(b).
         (d)  A school district may not take any action that results
  in a longer workday for a school district employee to comply with
  this section.
         SECTION 2.  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, 2017.