By: Beckley H.B. No. 518
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a study by the Texas Education Agency regarding
  recommended standards for school district facility maintenance and
  custodial services.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  DEFINITION.  In this Act, "agency" means the
  Texas Education Agency.
         SECTION 2.  STUDY REGARDING RECOMMENDED STANDARDS FOR
  MAINTENANCE AND CUSTODIAL SERVICES. (a)  The agency shall conduct a
  study regarding recommended standards for school district
  maintenance of facilities and custodial services, including a
  standard for appropriate custodial workloads to adequately
  maintain a school district's facilities.
         (b)  In conducting the study, the agency shall consider:
               (1)  the square footage of a typical elementary,
  middle, and high school;
               (2)  the square footage of administrative and district
  facilities other than instructional facilities in a typical school
  district;
               (3)  appropriate levels of custodial service to provide
  for proper maintenance of school district facilities; and
               (4)  the time required for different levels of
  custodial service based on different numbers of custodial employees
  and resources.
         (c)  The study must identify:
               (1)  the maintenance and custodial staff needed to
  adequately meet a typical school district's needs;
               (2)  the tasks required to be completed by maintenance
  and custodial staff, including time estimates for completion of
  each task by an adequately equipped maintenance and custodial
  staff; and
               (3)  any additional funding or other resources, if any,
  needed by school districts to meet the standards recommended by the
  study for school district maintenance of facilities and custodial
  services.
         SECTION 3.  REPORT TO LEGISLATURE. Not later than December
  1, 2022, the agency shall submit a report to the legislature that
  includes the results of the study conducted under Section 2 of this
  Act and any associated recommendations.
         SECTION 4.  EXPIRATION. This Act expires September 1, 2023.
         SECTION 5.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  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, 2021.