89R11872 MEW-D
 
  By: LaHood H.B. No. 3245
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to requiring school districts to annually provide
  information regarding employee benefits to district employees,
  retired district employees, and their families.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 22, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 22.013 to read as follows:
         Sec. 22.013.  INFORMATION REGARDING EMPLOYEE BENEFITS. (a)  
  Each school year, a school district shall provide to district
  employees, employees who retired from the district, and their
  families information regarding the employee's benefits, including
  the employee's insurance, retirement, and death benefits.
         (b)  A school district may provide the information required
  by Subsection (a) through an annual presentation given at the
  district. A district may contract with a human resources
  representative to provide the presentation.
         SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026
  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, 2025.