88R18981 PRL-D
 
  By: Allen H.B. No. 768
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 768:
 
  By:  Buckley C.S.H.B. No. 768
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the use of personal leave during school holidays by
  certain school district employees.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 22.003, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
         (g)  A school district employee with available personal
  leave under the state minimum personal leave program is entitled to
  use the leave for compensation for a day designated as a school
  holiday for which the employee would otherwise not receive
  compensation. An employee may not use more than two of the personal
  leave days provided to the employee per year under the program for
  days designated as school holidays during that year. This
  subsection applies only to a school district employee:
               (1)  who is not exempt from the overtime provisions of
  the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 201
  et seq.); and
               (2)  whose pay is not annualized.
         SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2024-2025
  school year.
         SECTION 3.  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, 2023.