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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to personal leave provided for a public school employee |
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who tests positive for certain diseases. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 22.003, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (a-1) and (a-2) and amending Subsection (c-1) to |
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read as follows: |
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(a-1) In addition to all other days of leave provided by |
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this section or by the school district, an employee of a school |
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district who tests positive for a disease that is the basis for a |
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disaster declared by the governor under Section 418.014, Government |
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Code, for all or part of the state is entitled to not less than 14 |
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days of leave for compensation following the positive test result. |
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Days of leave taken under this subsection may not be deducted from |
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accrued personal leave or leave that the employee is entitled to |
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under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. Section |
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2601 et seq.). |
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(a-2) In addition to all other days of leave provided by |
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this section or by the school district, an employee employed by a |
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school district for the 2021-2022 school year who was also employed |
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by the district for the 2020-2021 school year is entitled to the |
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number of days of leave, not to exceed 14 days, equal to the number |
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of days during the 2020-2021 school year for which the employee used |
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leave due to testing positive for the coronavirus disease |
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(COVID-19). This subsection expires September 1, 2022. |
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(c-1) Any informational handbook a school district provides |
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to employees in an electronic or paper form or makes available by |
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posting on the district website must include notification of an |
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employee's rights under Subsections (a-1) and [Subsection] (b) in |
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the relevant section of the handbook. Any form used by a school |
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district through which an employee may request leave under this |
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section must include disaster leave under Subsection (a-1) and |
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assault leave under Subsection (b) as options [an option]. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022 |
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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, 2021. |