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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a sick leave pool for public school employees. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 22, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 22.0031 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 22.0031. SICK LEAVE POOL. (a) Except as provided by |
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Subsection (b), the board of trustees of a school district or |
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governing body of an open-enrollment charter school shall establish |
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a program under which: |
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(1) a retiring employee's accrued sick leave is |
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contributed to a sick leave pool on the retirement of the retiring |
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employee; and |
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(2) sick leave contributed to the sick leave pool may |
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be used by a district or school employee who has exhausted the |
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employee's sick leave, subject to any district or school policy |
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regarding the use of sick leave. |
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(b) The board of trustees of a school district or the |
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governing body of an open-enrollment charter school that adopted a |
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policy related to a retiring employee's accrued sick leave before |
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September 1, 2025, is not required to establish a program in |
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accordance with Subsection (a) if establishing the program would |
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conflict with that policy. |
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SECTION 2. Section 22.003(c-1), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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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 information on the |
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sick leave pool created under Section 22.0031 and notification of |
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an employee's rights under Subsection (b) in the relevant section |
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of the handbook. Any form used by a school district through which |
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an employee may request leave under this section must include |
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assault leave under Subsection (b) as an option. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |