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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the use of personal leave during school holidays by |
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certain school district employees. |
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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 Subsection (g) to read as follows: |
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(g) A school district employee with available personal |
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leave under the state minimum personal leave program is entitled to |
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use the leave for compensation for a day designated as a school |
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holiday for which the employee would otherwise not receive |
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compensation. An employee may not use more than two of the personal |
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leave days provided to the employee per year under the program for |
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days designated as school holidays during that year. This |
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subsection applies only to a school district employee: |
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(1) who is not exempt from the overtime provisions of |
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the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 201 |
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et seq.); and |
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(2) whose pay is not annualized. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2024-2025 |
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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, 2023. |